Hayashi v. Scott Co.

Opinion of the Court by

NAKAYAMA, J.

This appeal arises from the decision and order of the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board (LIRAB) denying appellants Scott Company (Scott) and Argonaut Insurance Company’s (Argonaut) motion for reconsideration, dated August 11, 1998. At issue is whether the LIRAB properly determined when the statute of limitations for a workers’ compensation claim begins to run for non-latent injuries under Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 386-82 (1993). 1 Specifically, the question is whether, as Scott and Argonaut argue, appellee Kenneth Hayashi’s (Hayashi)…