Kawakami v. City & County of Honolulu, Board of Water Supply

Opinion of the Court by

RAMIL, J.

I. INTRODUCTION

Claimant-Appellant Richard S. Kawakami appeals the decision and order of the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board (“Board”) denying his claim for worker’s compensation benefits for an injury sustained by Kawakami while operating a vehicle owned by his employer, the City and County of Honolulu Board of Water Supply (“BOWS”).

On appeal, Kawakami argues that the Board erred by: (1) failing to apply the presumption of worker’s compensation coverage under Hawai'i Revised Statutes (“HRS”) § 386-85 (1993); (2) concluding that Kawaka-mi had…