SURVIVORS OF MEDEIROS v. MAUI LAND & PINEAPPLE

No. 8317.

660 P.2d 1316 (1983)

SURVIVORS OF Wallace MEDEIROS, Deceased, Claimants-Appellees, v. MAUI LAND AND PINEAPPLE COMPANY, Employer-Appellant, Self-Insured, and Grayline-Maui and Hawaiian Insurance and Guaranty Company, Employer, Insurance Carrier-Appellee, and Special Compensation Fund, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

March 9, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard A. Matsuura, Honolulu (Char, Hamilton, Taylor & Thom, Honolulu, of counsel), for employer-appellant Maui Land and Pineapple Co.

Grant K. Kidani and Amy R. Miyasaki, Honolulu (Kidani, Oshima & Wong, Honolulu, of counsel), for employer-appellee Grayline-Maui and insurance carrier-appellee Hawaiian Ins. and Guaranty Co.

Before LUM, Acting C.J., PADGETT and HAYASHI, JJ., CHUN, C.J., in place of NAKAMURA, J., disqualified, and GREIG, C.J., assigned by reason of vacancy.


HAYASHI, Justice.

Maui Land and Pineapple Company (Maui Pine), a former employer of decedent Wallace Medeiros, appeals the decision of the Labor and Industrial Appeals Board (Board), denying apportionment of death benefits between Maui Pine and the Special Compensation Fund (SCF) and granting attorney's fees and costs, payable by Maui Pine, to Grayline-Maui, a former concurrent employer of Wallace Medeiros. The issues raised on appeal are the propriety of not apportioning...

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