TATE v. GTE HAWAIIAN TELEPHONE CO.

No. 17529.

881 P.2d 1246 (1994)

77 Hawai`i 100

Elsie M. TATE, Claimant-Appellant, v. GTE HAWAIIAN TELEPHONE CO. and Argonaut Insurance Co., Employer/Insurance Carrier-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

October 10, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert R. Takahashi, Danny J. Vasconcellos and Rebecca L. Covert of Takahashi, Masui and Vasconcellos, on the briefs, Honolulu, for claimant-appellant Elsie M. Tate.

Clyde Umebayashi and Muriel M. Taira of Kessner, Duca, Umebayashi, Bain & Matsunaga, on the briefs, Honolulu, for employer/ins. carrier-appellees GTE Hawaiian Tele. Co. and Argonaut Ins. Co.

Before MOON, C.J., and KLEIN, LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA and RAMIL, JJ.


LEVINSON, Justice.

This case presents us with the opportunity to clarify the nature and scope of coverage under the Hawai`i workers' compensation law, Hawai`i Revised Statutes (HRS) ch. 386 (1985 & Supp.1992). The claimant-appellant Elsie Tate appeals from the decision of the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board (Board) denying her claim for workers' compensation.1 On appeal, Tate contends that the Board erred in: (1) refusing...

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