Pasco v. Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System.

I. Introduction

This case concerns whether an injury suffered by Kimberly A. Pasco ("Pasco") that arose while she worked as a Public Health Educator IV for the Department of Health of the State of Hawai'i ("DOH") is a covered injury under Hawai'i Revised Statutes ("HRS") § 88-336 (Supp. 2007), 1 which provides service-connected disability retirement benefits under the Employees' Retirement System's ("ERS['s]") Hybrid Plan to Class H public officers and employees, such as Pasco. At issue is whether the Intermediate Court of Appeals ("ICA") erred in ruling that Pasco's injury resulted from an…