HRS 0386-0032 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.

Disfigurement benefits may be awarded in addition to permanent total disability benefits. 59 H. 409, 583 P.2d 321.

Exclusiveness of scheduled allowances rejected. 67 H. 16, 675 P.2d 770.

Injury to one finger may constitute hand disability. 67 H. 16, 675 P.2d 770.

A decision that finally adjudicates the matter of medical and temporary disability benefits under §§386-21, 386-31(b), and subsection (b) is an appealable final order under §91-14(a), even though the matter of permanent disability benefits under §386-31(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; 8 H. App. 543, 812 P.2d 1199.

Cited: 24 H. 731, 733.