Korsak v. Hawaii Permanente Medical Group, Inc.

Opinion of the Court by

MOON, C. J.

Petitioner-appellee Hawaii Permanente Group, Inc. (Kaiser) timely applied to this court for a writ of certiorari to review the decision of the Intermediate Court of Ap peals (ICA) in Korsak v. Hawai‘i Permanente Medical Group, Inc., 94 Hawai'i 257, 12 P.3d 357, (App.1999). In its published opinion, the ICA held that respondent-appellant Richard Korsak’s low back condition, allegedly exacerbated in a physical therapy session for a compensable work injury, was a compensable consequence of Korsak’s primary work injury. Consequently, the ICA reversed the July…