YAMADA v. ROYAL HAWAIIAN MACADAMIA NUT CO.

No. 9303.

704 P.2d 914 (1985)

Richard YAMADA, Claimant-Appellee, v. ROYAL HAWAIIAN MACADAMIA NUT COMPANY, Employer-Appellant, Self-Insured, and Brewer Orchards, Inc. and Hawaiian Insurance Guaranty Co., Employer and Insurance Carrier-Appellees, and Special Compensation Fund, Appellee.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii.

April 24, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard A. Matsuura, Honolulu, for appellant Royal Hawaiian Macadamia Nut Co.

Robert C. Kessner, Honolulu (Clyde Umebayashi, Honolulu, with him on the brief; Woo, Kessner & Duca, Honolulu, of counsel), for appellees Brewer Orchards, Inc. and Hawaiian Ins. & Guaranty Co.

Before BURNS, C.J., and HEEN and TANAKA, JJ.


TANAKA, Judge.

Royal Hawaiian Macadamia Nut Company (Royal), the prior employer of claimant Richard Yamada (Yamada), appeals the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board's (Board) denial of Royal's attorney's fees and costs sought to be assessed against Yamada's subsequent employer Brewer Orchards, Inc. (Brewer) and its workers' compensation insurer Hawaiian Insurance & Guaranty Co. (collectively Appellees). The issues on appeal are (1) whether Hawaii Revised...

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