Rodrigues v. United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO ( 2014 )

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-30286 09-JUN-2014 01:28 PM SCWC-30286 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I GARY W. RODRIGUES, Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. UNITED PUBLIC WORKERS, AFSCME LOCAL 646, AFL-CIO, Respondent/Defendant-Appellant. CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (ICA NO. 30286; CIV. NO. 08-1-2538) ORDER (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Pollack, and Wilson, JJ.) The application for writ of certiorari filed on April 25, 2014 by Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellant Gary W. Rodrigues (“Rodrigues”) is hereby accepted and will be scheduled for oral argument. The parties will be notified by the appellate clerk regarding scheduling. Within 14 days from the date of this order, each party may file a brief not to exceed 10 pages in length, addressing solely the issue of whether Rodrigues’s indemnification claim is preempted by ERISA. DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, June 9, 2014. Eric A. Seitz, /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald Della A. Belatti for petitioner /s/ Paula A. Nakayama James E.T. Koshiba, /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna Charles A. Price for respondent /s/ Richard W. Pollack /s/ Michael D. Wilson 2