Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-11-0001034 18-JAN-2013 10:22 AM SCWC-11-0001034 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I FRANCISCO ALVAREZ, Respondent/Claimant-Appellee, vs. KYO-YA, INC., dba SHERATON WAIKIKI HOTEL, Respondent/Employer-Appellee, and FIRST INSURANCE COMPANY OF HAWAII, LTD., Respondent/Insurance Carrier-Appellee, and ADJUSTING SERVICES OF HAWAII, INC., Respondent/Third-Party Administrator-Appellee, vs. EMERSON M.F. JOU, M.D., Petitioner/Intervenor-Appellant. CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-11-00001034; AB NO. 2009-305 (2-94-05744)) ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Nakayama, Acting C.J., Acoba, McKenna, and Pollack, JJ., and Circuit Judge Sakamoto, in place of Recktenwald, C.J., recused) Petitioner/Intervenor-Appellant’s application for writ of certiorari, filed on December 20, 2012, is hereby rejected. DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, January 18, 2013. Stephen M. Shaw /s/ Paula A. Nakayama for petitioner /s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. Laurie E. Keeno for respondents /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna Kyo-ya, Inc., dba Sheraton Waikiki Hotel and /s/ Richard W. Pollack First Insurance Company of Hawaii, Ltd. /s/ Karl K. Sakamoto 2