Title: Jacobs v. Lenox Healthcare of Kailua-Kona, L.P.

State: hawaii

Issuer: Hawaii Supreme Court

Document:

LAW UBRARY

 

NOT FOR PUBLICATION ***
No. 24632 .

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE: OF HAWAI'T

 

SHARRI JACOBS,
Claimant-Appellant,

LENOX HEALTHCARE OF KAILUA-KONA, L.P.,
Employer-Appellee,

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RSKCO, fka Alexsis Risk Management,
Insurance Carrier~Appellee.

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APPEAL FROM THE LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS APPEALS BOARD
(Case No. AB 99-268(WH) (9-97-00802))

‘SUMMARY DISPOSITION ORDER
(By: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Acoba and Duffy, JJ.)

‘The claimant-appellant Sharri L. Jacobs appeals from
the decision and order, filed on September 20, 2001, of the Labor
and Industrial Relations Appeals Board (LIRAB).
On appeal, Jacobs contends that the LIRAB erred in:

(2) disregarding “(t]he MRI(s] of [her] (clervical [s]pine . . .
[and) of {her} right wrist”; (2) considering the opinion of Dr.
Rowlin L. Lichter, who did not “me[e]t [Jacobs], let alone
examine [her],” and disregarding the opinion of Dr. Harvey
Wieseltier, “who examine[d] [her] extensively”,
“br.

(3) considering
[Wade] Fae(r]ber[’s] report” despite his not having examined
her extensively; and (4) not mentioning “the Post Hearing
Memorandum (Jacobs) put together.”

upon carefully reviewing the record and the briefs

submitted by the parties and having given due consideration to
 

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the arguments advanced and the issues raised, we affirm the
September 20, 2001 decision and order of the LIRAB for the
following reasons:

Notwithstanding the fact that, of the physicians who
provided evidence to the LIRAB, some had studied Jacobs's case
more than others, the LIRAB’s decision shows that (1) it weighed
the credibility of the various reports and testimony, and (2) its
findings of fact were not “(c]learly erroneous in view of the
reliable, probative, and substantial evidence én the whole
record.” See Hawai" Revised Statutes § 91-14(9) (Supp. 2004),
quoted in Konno v, County of Hawai'i, @5 Hawai'i 61, 77, 937 P.2d
397, 413 (1997). Therefore,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the decision and order from
which the appeal is taken is affirmed.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai"i, December 6, 2005.

on the briefs: yr
She’ Clatnene eppelient

 

Sharri L. Jacobs, pro se Seca

J. Thomas Weber, of
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‘employer-appellee Lenox

Healthcare of Kailua-Kona,
L.P., and the insurance
carrier-appellee RSKCO,

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