BARCENA v. HAWAIIAN INS. & GUAR. CO., LTD.

Nos. 9089, 9005.

678 P.2d 1082 (1984)

Ann Marie BARCENA, formerly known as Ann Marie Lewis, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The HAWAIIAN INSURANCE & GUARANTY COMPANY, LIMITED, and Department of Social Services and Housing, State of Hawaii, Defendants-Appellees (Civil No. 7548). Ann Marie BARCENA, formerly known as Ann Marie Lewis, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The HAWAIIAN INSURANCE & GUARANTY COMPANY, LIMITED, and Department of Social Services and Housing, State of Hawaii, Defendants-Appellees (Civil No. 7548).

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

March 16, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greg K. Nakamura, Hilo (William J. Rosdil, A Law Corp., Hilo, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Walter Davis, Honolulu (Davis, Playdon, Reid & Richards, Honolulu, of counsel), for defendant-appellee Hawaiian Ins. & Guar. Co.

Steven K. Chang, Deputy Atty. Gen., Honolulu, for defendant-appellee Dept. of Social Services & Housing, State of Hawaii.

Before LUM, C.J., and NAKAMURA, PADGETT, HAYASHI and WAKATSUKI, JJ.


NAKAMURA, Justice.

The dispositive question in these consolidated appeals from the Circuit Court of the Third Circuit is whether Ann Marie Barcena, formerly Ann Marie Lewis, who was insured under a "no-fault policy" that apparently provided no payments to defray expenses incurred for physical therapy because she was a recipient of public assistance when the auto accident causing her harm occurred, was nonetheless entitled to the "no-fault benefits" designed to cover...

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