Chung v. Food Pantry, Ltd.

Employer-Appellant Food Pantry, Ltd. and Insurance Carrier-Appellant Pacific Insurance Co., Ltd. appeal the decision of the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board affirming the lump sum award of one thousand six hundred dollars to Claimant-Appellee Allan H. K. Chung for disfigurement. The issues before this court are (1) whether the requirement under § 97-52, Revised Laws of Hawaii (RLH) 1955 1 that a claim for workmen’s compensation be filed within two years of the date at which the employee discovered his injury begins to run after an employer has made its last voluntary payment of…