HRS 0386-0031 ANNOTATIONS

Offsets for workers' compensation benefits in pension plan constituted forfeitures under ERISA. 504 F. Supp. 958.

Workers' compensation benefits clearly intended to indemnify workers for job related injury or disease, not to provide income lost on retirement. 504 F. Supp. 958.

Right to compensation presupposes disability for work, either total or partial. 34 H. 317.

"Average", "weekly" defined. 37 H. 517.

Burden of proof for claimants under odd-lot doctrine discussed. 72 H. 272, 813 P.2d 1386.

Claimant's temporary total disability payments properly terminated where director's review of medical records and reports found claimant's condition stable and claimant was not feasible candidate for rehabilitation because of lack of motivation. 80 H. 239, 909 P.2d 567.

Administrative penalties authorized by subsection (b) and §386-92 not intended to provide an injured worker's exclusive remedy for injuries resulting from an insurer's tortious delay or termination of benefits. 83 H. 457, 927 P.2d 858.

A decision that finally adjudicates the matter of medical and temporary disability benefits under §§386-21, 386-32(b), and subsection (b) is an appealable final order under §91-14(a), even though the matter of permanent disability benefits under §386-32(a) and subsection (a) has been left for later determination. 89 H. 436, 974 P.2d 1026.

Odd-lot doctrine. 2 H. App. 659, 638 P.2d 1381.

Cited: 32 H. 920, 924, 34 H. 65, 70.