Legal Opinion
Liberty Mutual Insurance v. United National Insurance
Hawaii Supreme Court
Decided January 20, 1987No. 11199PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*38OPINION OF THE COURT BY
LUM, C.J.
This is an appeal from the grant of summary judgment to Plaintiff-Appellee Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (Liberty Mutual) and denial of the same to Defendant-Appellant United National Insurance Company (UNICO). The lower court by its action allowed Liberty Mutual, the workers’ compensation carrier of the general contractor, to recover from UNICO, the comprehensive liability carrier of the subcontractor, all workers’ compensation payments the Director of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations ordered paid to the subcontractors’ injured employee. For…
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