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POTTER v. HAWAII NEWSPAPER AGENCY

No. 21261

974 P.2d 51 (1999)

89 Hawai`i 411

Shawn POTTER, Claimant-Appellant, v. HAWAII NEWSPAPER AGENCY, Employer-Appellee, Self-Insured, and Travelers Insurance Company, Insurance Adjuster-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

February 19, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy K.S. Chang and Harvey M. Demetrakopoulos (of Shim & Chang) on the briefs, for the claimant-appellant Shawn Potter.

James N. Duca and Robert C. Kessner (of Kessner Duca Umebayashi Bain & Matsunaga), on the briefs for the employer-appellee Hawaii Newspaper Agency and Travelers Insurance Company.

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

Opinion of the Court by LEVINSON, J.

This case arises from an accident that occurred when the fourteen-year-old claimant-appellant, Shawn Potter, was struck by an automobile while he was riding a moped. Potter was a "newspaper dealer" for the employer-appellee Hawaii Newspaper Agency (the HNA) at the time, pursuant to an "independent contractor agreement." The moped was owned by an HNA employee, Shawn Toyozaki, who was Potter's district manager. Potter subsequently...

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