Waltrip v. TS Enterprises, Inc.

*229Opinion of the Court by

McKENNA, J.

I. Introduction

This case arises from an accident suffered by Petitioner/Claimant-Appellant, Deborah J. Waltrip (‘Waltrip”), while she worked for TS Enterprises, Inc., dba Kimo’s Restaurant (“Restaurant”), on Maui.1 The Special Compensation Fund (“Fund”) established under Hawai’i Revised Statutes (“HRS”) § 386-151 (1993), is also an interested party.2 We accepted certiorari to address certain procedural issues implicated by Waltrip’s pro se appeal.

In brief, Waltrip was not given an award by the Director of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations…