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Hitch in $328M homesteads settlement cleared

CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / 2020
                                Attorney Carl Varady, who filed the class-action lawsuit Kalima v. State of Hawaii over 20 years ago and worked with attorney Tom Grande on behalf of more than 2,000 Native Hawaiians for the state’s breaches of trust with the Hawaiian Homes program, is shown in his office with boxes of documents used for the case. It was finalized Thursday with clearance of a $328 million settlement.

CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / 2020

Attorney Carl Varady, who filed the class-action lawsuit Kalima v. State of Hawaii over 20 years ago and worked with attorney Tom Grande on behalf of more than 2,000 Native Hawaiians for the state’s breaches of trust with the Hawaiian Homes program, is shown in his office with boxes of documents used for the case. It was finalized Thursday with clearance of a $328 million settlement.