Liki v. First Fire & Casualty Insurance of Hawaii, Inc.

Opinion of the Court by

RECKTENWALD, C.J.

Plaintiff-Appellant Lilivau Lild (Liki) was injured when he was struck by an uninsured motor vehicle at a gas station. At the time of the accident, Liki was an employee of Defendant-Appellee M. Nakai Repair Service, Ltd. (M. Nakai), and he was cleaning a sump at the gas station as part of his job duties. M. Nakai had assigned a company truck to Lild, which Liki drove to the gas station on the morning of the accident. Lild parked the truck at the station, and was cleaning the sump using tools that he had transported in the truck when the uninsured…