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RESPICIO v. WAIALUA SUGAR CO.

No. 8412.

675 P.2d 770 (1984)

Baltazar RESPICIO, Claimant-Appellee, v. WAIALUA SUGAR COMPANY, Employer-Appellant (Self-Insured).

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

January 20, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wesley M. Fujimoto, Honolulu (Robert S. Katz, Honolulu, with him on briefs; Torkildson, Katz, Jossem & Loden, Honolulu), for employer-appellant.

Hideki Nakamura, Honolulu (Wayson Chow, Honolulu, with him on brief; King & Nakamura, Honolulu, of counsel), for claimant-appellee.

Before LUM, C.J., PADGETT, HAYASHI and WAKATSUKI, JJ., and WALTER M. HEEN, Intermediate Court of Appeals Associate Judge, in place of Nakamura, J., disqualified.

LUM, Chief Justice.

The question presented by this appeal is whether the Labor and Industrial Appeals Board's finding that an injury to one finger constitutes a hand disability under H.R.S. § 386-32(a)1 is clearly erroneous. Based on the trend away from exclusive application of comprehensive schedules in the area of workers' compensation law, we find there is sufficient evidence in the record...

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