Goodfellow Brothers Suing Aina Le’a LLC

Goodfellow Brothers filed a lawsuit against Aina Le’a LLC, etc on November 15th, 2011. They constructed the incomplete backbone infrastructure for The Villages at Aina Le’a project. DW Aina Le’a Development LLC, which is affiliated with Aina Le’a LLC and is one of the defendants in this lawsuit, owes Goodfellow Brothers at least 1.64 million dollars for work rendered. I haven’t seen Goodfellow’s complaint, but it wouldn’t surprise me they’re trying to get them to pay up.

Aina Le’a apparently stopped paying Goodfellow a share of each investment made by Asian investors, according to this West Hawaii Today article.

These Asian investors, who bought a share of these condominium units, will be the ultimate losers. They likely won’t see a return on their investment despite being promised a 30% return over thirty months.

Lastly, Judge Strance issued a surprise ruling on Friday reversing the LUC’s land classification reversion of the Aina Le’a development and remanding it back to the State Land Use Commission.

This ruling was totally unexpected. I didn’t expect her to issue it so soon. Ho’ohiki stated oral arguments were scheduled to start on December 16th, 2011. In addition, she denied DW Aina Le’a Development’s motion to delay the LUC reclassification on September 26th, 2011.

This ruling will likely affect the outcome of Bridge Aina Le’a LLC’s December 19th, 2011 Court hearing in Federal Court. The judge is slated to hear the state’s motion requesting the Court dismiss Bridge’s lawsuit. In addition, it likely strengthens Bridge Aina Le’a LLC’s 35.7 million dollar claim against the State LUC.

I don’t necessarily agree Judge Strance made the right decision. Aina Le’a deliberately failed to abide by the LUC’s imposed conditions and haven’t paid their contractors in a timely manner.