WHARTON v. HAWAIIAN ELEC. CO., INC.

No. 16711.

906 P.2d 127 (1995)

80 Hawai`i 120

Gerald A. WHARTON, Sr., Claimant-Appellant, v. HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC., Employer-Appellee, Self-Insured.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

November 15, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald A. Wharton, Sr., on the briefs, Aiea, claimant-appellant pro se.

Sabrina R. Toma (Torkildson, Katz, Jossem, Fonseca, Jaffe, Moore & Hetherington, of counsel), on the briefs, Honolulu, for employer-appellee, self-insured.

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


RAMIL, Justice.

This workers' compensation case is before us on appeal by claimant-appellant Gerald A. Wharton, Sr., from the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board's (Board) decision and order denying his claim for benefits under the Hawai`i Workers' Compensation Law, Hawai`i Revised Statutes (HRS) chapter 386 (1993). The dispositive issue is whether Wharton suffered a psychological stress injury on or about February 11, 1989, arising out of and in the course...

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