Alvarado v. Kiewit Pacific Co.

Opinion of the Court by

KLEIN, J.

We granted the petition for a writ of cer-tiorari filed by petitioners-appellees Kiewit Pacific Company (Kiewit) and their workers’ compensation insurance carrier, Aetna Casu*516alty and Surety Company (Aetna), to review the decision of the Intermediate Court of Appeals (ICA) in Alvarado v. Kiewit Pacific, 92 Hawaii 524, 993 P.2d 558 (Haw.Ct.App. 1998) (hereinafter the “ICA opinion”). In Alvarado, respondent-appellant Marcelo Alvarado (Alvarado) appealed the circuit court’s July 9, 1996 judgment granting Kiewit and Aetna’s motion for reimbursement of their lien.…