In Re Claim of Maldonado

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

PADGETT, J.

We granted certiorari in this appeal by a wage earner inj'ured in an automobile accident. The Intermediate Court of Appeals affirmed a circuit court judgment upholding the refusal, by the no-fault insurance carrier involved, to pay him his actual wage loss of $602.34 per month resulting from the accident. We reverse.

Petitioner Ruperto Maldonado, a bus driver earning $1,534 a month, was injured in an accident while driving an MTL bus on North King Street in Honolulu. Because of his injuries, he was disabled, and could not continue to work. The workers’…