SUMMARY DISPOSITION ORDER
This court agreed to answer a reserved question from the Circuit Court of the First Circuit. The circuit court asked:
In a wrongful foreclosure case brought by a homeowner against a homeowners’ association, should the mortgage debt of the homeowner to a third-party lender(s) that was discharged by the third-party lenders subsequent foreclosure be considered in determining/calculating the Plaintiffs damages? We accepted the reserved question, advising that we intended to answer it through Wong v. Assn of Apartment Owners of Harbor Square, SCAP-22-0000552, a case then pending before us.
We decided Wong on February 29, 2024 and entered final judgment on April 2, 2024. 154 Hawai‘i 58, 545 P.3d 547 (2024). Our decision describes how a plaintiff may calculate damages in a lawsuit against a condominium association for wrongful foreclosure. Accordingly, we remand the case to the circuit court for further proceedings consistent with Wong.
Mark E. Recktenwald
Sabrina S. McKenna
Todd W. Eddins
Catherine H. Remigio
Ronald G. Johnson