MIYAMOTO v. WAHIAWA GENERAL HOSP.

No. 22930.

67 P.3d 792 (2003)

101 Hawai'i 293

Cathleen W. MIYAMOTO, Claimant-Appellant, v. WAHIAWA GENERAL HOSPITAL, Employer-Appellee, and Reliance Insurance Company, adjusted by Adjusting Services of Hawai'i, Inc., Insurance Carrier-Appellee.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawai'i.

Certiorari Denied May 2, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin P.H. Sumida (Matsui Chung Sumida & Tsuchiyama, of counsel), Honolulu, for claimant-appellant.

Robert C. Kessner, Beverly S.K. Tom, and Cori Ann C. Takamiya (Kessner Duca Umebayashi Bain & Matsunaga, of counsel), Honolulu, for employer/insurance carrier-appellees.

BURNS, C.J., WATANABE, and LIM, JJ.


Opinion of the Court by WATANABE, J.

This appeal arises out of a denial of a claim by Claimant-Appellant Cathleen W. Miyamoto (Claimant) for workers' compensation benefits for injuries she suffered as a result of an unwitnessed fall onto a level floor at work. In affirming the denial, the Hawai'i Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board (LIRAB) found, based on the medical evidence, that (1) Claimant's fall was "idiopathic...

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