07-02-2020, 01:47 AM
Maybe this will get DHHL off their collective okoles. After almost three decades, the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled DHHL must pay for delays in granting homestead leases, which is why they exist as a state agency:
The Hawaii Supreme Court said the state must pay its beneficiaries for delays. Some applied nearly 60 years ago and many have passed away still waiting –
How many more people gatta die?” Ah Chong said.
In a unanimous opinion, the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled the state must pay damages to more than 2,700 who spent decades on that wait list. The lawsuit was filed in 1991. “It’s a tragedy that it’s been drawn out this way. But the state has decided to take a scorched-earth approach to it and instead of doing what the Supreme Court today recognized was the just thing to do and finding a way to adequately compensate people for the delays form this mismanagement of the trust, they’ve just fought it tooth and nail until now,” attorney Carl Varady said. The court agreed the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands failed to manage and preserve trust property and maintain adequate records. Varady said it's hard to calculate an exact cost because that damages will be measured using Fair Market Rental Value for each claimant.
After the ruling, the state of Hawaii immediately jumped into action, and boldly took their first step in righting this wrong:
The state said it’s reviewing the decision and had no comment
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/07/01...ficiaries/
The Hawaii Supreme Court said the state must pay its beneficiaries for delays. Some applied nearly 60 years ago and many have passed away still waiting –
How many more people gatta die?” Ah Chong said.
In a unanimous opinion, the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled the state must pay damages to more than 2,700 who spent decades on that wait list. The lawsuit was filed in 1991. “It’s a tragedy that it’s been drawn out this way. But the state has decided to take a scorched-earth approach to it and instead of doing what the Supreme Court today recognized was the just thing to do and finding a way to adequately compensate people for the delays form this mismanagement of the trust, they’ve just fought it tooth and nail until now,” attorney Carl Varady said. The court agreed the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands failed to manage and preserve trust property and maintain adequate records. Varady said it's hard to calculate an exact cost because that damages will be measured using Fair Market Rental Value for each claimant.
After the ruling, the state of Hawaii immediately jumped into action, and boldly took their first step in righting this wrong:
The state said it’s reviewing the decision and had no comment
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/07/01...ficiaries/
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