PAPA v. BD. OF TRUSTEES, EMP. RET. SYSTEM

No. 7159.

657 P.2d 1027 (1983)

In the Matter of the Application of James K. PAPA, Sr., for Service-Connected Disability Retirement, Appellant, v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM, STATE OF HAWAII, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

February 1, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin T. Shim, Honolulu (Shim, Sigal, Tam & Naito, Honolulu), for appellant.

Aurelio T. Arnobit, Jr., Deputy Atty. Gen., Honolulu, for appellee.

Before LUM, Acting C.J., MARUMOTO, Retired Justice, in place of NAKAMURA, J., Recused, and OGATA and MENOR, Retired Justices, assigned temporarily.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal by James K. Papa, Sr., from a judgment of the circuit court affirming the denial by the Board of Trustees of the State Employees' Retirement System of his claim for service-connected total disability retirement benefits.

On July 12, 1968, the appellant, then a firefighter with the City and County of Honolulu Fire Department and a member of the Employees' Retirement System, injured his back while working on a fireboat. Several...

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