Crompton v. Tern Corp.

MOON, Chief Justice.

In this factually complex workers’ compensation case, claimant-appellant Mark Cromp-ton appeals the decision and order of the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board (LIRAB) granting summary judgment in favor of employer-appellee Tern Corporation (Tern) and its insurance carrier, appellee First Insurance Company of Hawai'i, Ltd. (First Insurance). On appeal, Crompton argues that the LIRAB erred in concluding that:(1) employer-appellee delinquent Rib-Roof Industries, Inc. (Rib-Roof), a subcontractor of Tern, was Crompton’s “statutory employer” under Hawai'i’s workers’…