Chuong Thanh Hua v. Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System

Opinion of the Court by

LIM, P. J.

In this secondary appeal, Chuong Thanh Hua (Hua or Appellant) appeals the December 5, 2003 judgment that the Circuit Court of the First Circuit (circuit court)1 entered against him and in favor of the Board of Trustees (the Board) of the Employees’ Retirement System (the ERS), State of Hawai'i. The judgment was based upon an order of even date affirming the Board’s April 14, 2003 final decision denying Hua’s application for service-connected disability retirement.

We hold that where an employee is on the employer’s premises, doing what the employer requires at…