Tamashiro v. Control Specialist, Inc.

Opinion of the Court by

RAMIL, J.

Petitioner/cross-respondent-appellant Neal M. Tamashiro and respondent/cross-petitioner-appellees Control Specialist, Inc. and TIG Insurance Company, Inc. (together Employer) timely applied to this court to review the decision of the Intermediate Court of Appeals (ICA) in Tamashiro v. Control Specialists, Inc., 97 Haw. 94, 34 P.3d 24 (Haw.Ct.App. 2001). In its published opinion, the ICA held: (1) that the Employer adduced substantial evidence so as to rebut the presumption, under HRS § 386-85(1) (1993), that Tamashiro was temporarily and totally disabled (TTD)…