DeFRIES v. ASSOCIATION OF OWNERS, 999 WILDER

No. 5641.

555 P.2d 855 (1976)

Hiram DeFRIES, Claimant-Appellant, v. ASSOCIATION OF OWNERS, 999 WILDER, Employer-Appellee, and Pacific Insurance Company, Ltd., Insurance Carrier-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

October 6, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurence D. Scott, Honolulu, Hawaii, for claimant-appellant.

Vernon Y.T. Woo, Woo & Ikeda, Robert C. Kessner, Honolulu, Hawaii for employer-appellee and insurance carrier.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., and KOBAYASHI, OGATA, MENOR and KIDWELL, JJ.


RICHARDSON, Chief Justice.

Claimant-appellant appeals from an order of the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board denying workers' compensation benefits for a partially disabled right knee.

It is undisputed that claimant stumbled and fractured the big toe of his right foot on August 30, 1970, in the course of his employment as a security guard. The factual issue presently in dispute is whether or not the same stumble also aggravated or accelerated an...

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