Case Name: EDWIN L. DeCAMBRA, Appellant-Appellant, v. JOSHUA C. AGSALUD, Director of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, State of Hawaii, Appellee-Appellee
Court: Supreme Court of the State of Hawaii
Jurisdiction: Hawaii
Decision Date: 1980-07-11
Citations: 62 Haw. 296
Docket Number: NO. 6616
Parties: EDWIN L. DeCAMBRA, Appellant-Appellant, v. JOSHUA C. AGSALUD, Director of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, State of Hawaii, Appellee-Appellee
Judges: RICHARDSON, C.J., OGATA, MENOR, JJ., RETIRED JUSTICE KOBAYASHI AND CIRCUIT JUDGE LUM, ASSIGNED BY REASON OF VACANCIES
Reporter: Hawaii Reports
Volume: 62
Pages: 296–296

Head Matter:
EDWIN L. DeCAMBRA, Appellant-Appellant, v. JOSHUA C. AGSALUD, Director of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, State of Hawaii, Appellee-Appellee
NO. 6616
JULY 11, 1980
RICHARDSON, C.J., OGATA, MENOR, JJ., RETIRED JUSTICE KOBAYASHI AND CIRCUIT JUDGE LUM, ASSIGNED BY REASON OF VACANCIES
Max W. J. Graham, Jr. (Legal Aid Society of Hawaii of counsel), for appellant-appellant.
Philip S. Uesato, Deputy Attorney General, for appellee-appellee.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Appellant Edwin L. DeCambra is a claimant who applied for unemployment insurance benefits in 1975 under chapter 383, Hawaii Employment Security Law. Following an informal interview with the Department of Labor claims examiner, appellant was declared to be ineligible for the claimed benefits as he was determined to be not "available for work" under Hawaii Revised Statutes § 383-29(a)(3) and his claim was denied.
The decision of the claims examiner was upheld by the Department's referee following a de novo hearing, and the referee's decision was likewise upheld by the circuit court upon appeal.
This appeal presents the identical issues resolved in the prior case of Ainoa v. Unemployment Compensation Appeals Division, 62 Haw. 286, 614 P.2d 380 (1980).
On the basis of Ainoa, this case is reversed and remanded.