Estate of Ellen Yin v. Acme Matt. Co.

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

TOWSE, C. J.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court denying a claim for workmen’s compensation filed by the statutory administrator of the estate of Mrs. Ellen Yuk Lin Yin, deceased, under the provisions of Chapter 77 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii 1945, as amended. The claim was based upon death resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage alleged to have constituted an accidental injury arising out of and in the course of decedent’s employment with the Acme Mattress Company.

An award granted by the director of the bureau of workmen’s compensation was affirmed by…