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PUANA v. SUNN

Nos. 11474, 11693.

737 P.2d 867 (1987)

Sheila PUANA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Franklin Y.K. SUNN, Director of the Department of Social Services and Housing; and the Department of Social Services and Housing, State of Hawaii, Defendants-Appellants. Sheila PUANA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Franklin SUNN, Director of the Department of Social Services and Housing; and the Department of Social Services and Housing, State of Hawaii, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

June 3, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Farrell, Deputy Atty. Gen., Honolulu, for defendants-appellants.

John Ishihara, Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, (Ronald Albu, with him, on briefs), Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellee.

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

WAKATSUKI, Justice.

Sheila Puana, plaintiff-appellee, suffered a stroke in April, 1985 which prevented her from working and made her eligible for Temporary Disability Insurance (T.D.I.) benefits. Puana applied for General Assistance benefits in May, 1985. She received a lump-sum check for $920 from her former employer's insurance company in June, 1985. This check represented accumulated T.D.I. benefits for the period of April 15, 1985 to June 8, 1985. Puana also received...

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