Asato v. Meadow Gold Dairies-Hawaii

The workmen’s compensation claims of Richard Asato, Hideo Nobuji, and William Yamamoto (claimants-appellants) were consolidated for argument on appeal to determine whether the Industrial Relations Appeals Board (Appeals Board) properly denied their claims as barred by the statute of limitations under Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 386-82. 1 In affirming the decision of the Appeals Board, we hold that the statute of limitations was not tolled for any of the reasons asserted by the claimants-appellants.

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Claimants-appellants Asato, Nobuji and Yamamoto filed claims for workmen’s compensation…