Mitchell v. State, Dept. of Educ.

MOON, Chief Justice.

Claimant-appellant Regina M. Mitchell, an elementary school teacher, appeals from the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board’s (the Board) decision partially denying workers’ compensation benefits for her stress-related injury. The injury claimed by Mitchell arose out of a disciplinary measure taken against her for violating the school rule prohibiting the use of corporal punishment. Mitchell maintains that her injury arose out of and in the course of employment and was therefore compensable under Hawaii’s Workers’ Compensation Law, Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS)…