Case Notes
Statute of limitations for asserting claim starts from discovery of injury or illness. 50 H. 1, 427 P.2d 845.
Condition which causes no loss of function and having no treatment should not be considered an injury. 71 H. 269, 788 P.2d 170.
No lawful claim for workers’ compensation benefits were filed with the director where employer’s filing of "WC-1" form did not constitute a claim for workers’ compensation benefits on employee’s behalf and no evidence that employer had been "duly empowered to act" on injured employee’s behalf. 89 H. 411, 974 P.2d 51.
Tolling of limitation period. 2 H. App. 136, 627 P.2d 288.
The two-year limitation period begins at a point where the employee's injury has had a disabling effect that prevents employee from working. 2 H. App. 157, 628 P.2d 205.
Cited: 24 H. 97, 101; 24 H. 731, 738.