No. 27603 (March 19, 2009)
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OPINION OF THE COURT BY ACOBA, J.
On January 22, 2009, Petitioner/Plaintiff Appellee Mervyn Rapoze (Petitioner) filed a requires for $308.77 in costs and $8,658.00 in attorneys' fees for a total of $8,964.77, from Respondent/Defendant-Appellant Better Hearing of Hawai'i, LLC (Respondent), stemming from Rapozo v. Better Hearing of Hawaii, LLC, 119 Hawai'i 483, 199 P.3d 73 (2008), as amended on recon by No. 27692, 2009 WL 84695 (Haw. Jan. 14, 2009) [hereinafter Rapozo II], aff'g in part and rev'g in part, Rapozo v. Better Hearing of Hawaii, LLC, 118 Hawai'i 285, 188 P.3d 799 (App. 2008) [hereinafter Rapozo I]. For the reasons discussed herein, Petitioner's request for costs is granted in part and denied in part, and Petitioner's request for attorney's fees is granted. [footnote omitted]