Kapuwai v. City & County of Honolulu, Department of Parks & Recreation

211 P.3d 750 (2009)

Darrell N. KAPUWAI, Respondent/Claimant-Appellant,

v.

CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION, Petitioner/Employer-Appellee, Self-Insured.

No. 27915.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

July 16, 2009.

Paul K. Hoshino, Deputy Corporation Counsel, for petitioner/employer-appellee, self-insured.

Herbert R. Takahashi and Danny J. Vasconcellos (of Takahashi Vasconcellos & Covert), Honolulu, for respondent/claimant-appellant.

MOON, C.J., and Circuit Judge KIM, Assigned by Reason of Vacancy; ACOBA, J., Concurring Separately, with whom DUFFY, J., joins; and NAKAYAMA, J.,…