SIFAGALOA v. BD. OF TRUSTEES

No. 15551.

840 P.2d 367 (1992)

Apoga A. SIFAGALOA, Appellant-Appellant, v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF the EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF the STATE OF HAWAII, Appellee-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

November 10, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen K. Yamada (Glenn H. Uesugi, with him on the briefs), Honolulu, for appellant-appellant Apoga A. Sifagaloa.

Celia L. Jacoby (Charleen M. Aina, with her on the brief), Deputy Attys. Gen., Honolulu, for appellee-appellee Bd. of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System of the State of Hawaii.

Before LUM, C.J., WAKATSUKI, MOON and LEVINSON, JJ., and BURNS, C.J., Intermediate Court of Appeals in place of KLEIN, J., recused.


LEVINSON, Justice.

The appellant Apoga Sifagaloa (Sifagaloa), a member of the Employees' Retirement System (ERS) of the State of Hawaii, see generally Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) ch. 88 (1985) and, in particular, HRS §§ 88-21 and 88-22 (1985),1 appeals from a circuit court order that affirmed the denial of his application for service-connected total disability retirement benefits under HRS § 88-77 (1985).

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