Employee's wrongful termination action under Hawaii whistleblower's act preempted by ERISA whistleblower provision. 999 F.2d 408.

Because plaintiff did not have full and fair opportunity to litigate claims sounding in wrongful discharge in plaintiff’s unemployment compensation benefits proceeding, the court refused to apply either issue preclusion or claim preclusion. 866 F. Supp. 459.

Because §378-2 and this section did not contain limitation periods, court invoked State’s general personal injury statute of limitations, §657-7; plaintiff’s state law claims barred where neither the collective bargaining proceedings nor the equal employment opportunity commission proceedings tolled the statute of limitations. 874 F. Supp. 1095.