DEPENDENTS OF PACHECO v. ORCHIDS OF HAWAII

No. 5198.

502 P.2d 1399 (1972)

DEPENDENTS of Wilma P. PACHECO, Deceased, Claimants-Appellees, v. ORCHIDS OF HAWAII, Employer-Appellant, and Pacific Insurance Company, Ltd., Insurance Carrier-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

Rehearing Denied December 22, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilbur K. Watkins, Jr., Honolulu, for carrier-appellant.

Stanley H. Roehrig, Hilo, for claimants-appellees.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., MARUMOTO, ABE and LEVINSON, JJ., and Circuit Judge HAWKINS, in place of KOBAYASHI, J., disqualified.


RICHARDSON, Chief Justice.

This appeal, pursuant to HRS § 386-88 (Supp. 1971)1 arises out of a workmen's compensation claim by the dependents of Wilma P. Pacheco, deceased, against her employer, Orchids of Hawaii. The claim was denied by the Director of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations. On appeal, the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board made an award of compensation.

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