ALVAREZ v. LIBERTY HOUSE, INC.

No. 19472.

942 P.2d 539 (1997)

85 Hawai`i 275

Deborah M. ALVAREZ, Claimant-Appellant, v. LIBERTY HOUSE, INC., Employer-Appellee, and Gab Business Services, Inc., Adjuster-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

July 23, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher R. Evans, on the brief, Honolulu, for Claimant-Appellant.

Laurie E. Keeno (Roland Q.F. Thom with her on the brief of Char Hamilton Campbell & Thom), on the briefs, Honolulu, for Employer-Appellee and Adjuster-Appellee.

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


KLEIN, Justice.

The issue in this appeal is the timeliness of a claimant's appeal of the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations' (DLIR) decision to the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board (LIRAB).1 We are asked to decide if a motion to reopen a case for newly discovered evidence pursuant to Hawai`i Revised Statutes § 386-89(a) (1993)2 tolls the twenty...

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