MITCHELL v. STATE, DEPT. OF EDUC.

No. 16881.

884 P.2d 368 (1994)

77 Hawai`i 305

Regina M. MITCHELL, Claimant-Appellant, v. STATE of Hawai`i, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Employer-Appellee, Self-Insured.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

November 1, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vernon Yu of Park, Kim & Yu, Honolulu, for claimant-appellant.

Kathleen Racuya-Markrich (Sherri-Ann Loo, with her on the brief), Deputy Attys. Gen., Honolulu, for employer-appellee, self-insured.

Kenneth B. Hipp and Michael F. Nauyokas of Goodsill, Anderson, Quinn & Stifel, on the brief, Honolulu, for amicus curiae Hawai`i Employers Council.

Before MOON, C.J., and KLEIN, LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA and RAMIL, JJ.


MOON, Chief Justice.

Claimant-appellant Regina M. Mitchell, an elementary school teacher, appeals from the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board's (the Board) decision which partially denied workers' compensation benefits for her stress-related injury. The injury claimed by Mitchell arose out of a disciplinary measure taken against her for violating the school rule prohibiting the use of corporal punishment. Mitchell maintains that her injury arose out of and...

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