Title: Kissell v. Labor and Industrial Relations Appeal Board
Citation: 549 P.2d 470
Docket Number: 5735
State: Hawaii
Issuer: Hawaii Supreme Court
Date: April 27, 1976

549 P.2d 470 (1976) Mary Christine KISSELL, Appellant, v. LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS APPEAL BOARD and Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Inc., Appellees. No. 5735. Supreme Court of Hawaii. April 27, 1976. Joseph A. Ryan, Honolulu (Ryan &amp; Ryan, Honolulu, of counsel), for appellant. David L. Fairbanks, Honolulu (Goodsill Anderson &amp; Quinn, Honolulu, of counsel), for appellee, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Inc. Before RICHARDSON, C.J., KOBAYASHI and MENOR, JJ., LANHAM, Circuit Judge, in place of KIDWELL, J., disqualified, and FONG, Circuit Judge, in place of OGATA, J., recused. PER CURIAM. This is an appeal by the claimant (appellant) from a judgment of the trial court affirming the decision and order of the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeal Board (appellee) dismissing appellant's appeal. The question for resolve is whether appellant's notice of appeal from the compensation order, issued by the administrator of the Division for Workmen's Compensation, was timely filed. At the time of the issuance of the compensation order the appropriate statutory section was § 97-96 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii 1955, as enacted by Act 116, Session Laws of Hawaii 1963 (Supp. 1963), which provided that: In our opinion the time for filing a written notice of appeal as provided in § 97-96 is mandatory.[1] *471 In this case the compensation order was entered on October 14, 1963, filed October 15, 1963, and sent to the appellant on October 15, 1963. The record clearly reflects that appellant's written notice of appeal was not filed until December 16, 1963. Thus, appellant's notice of appeal was not timely filed in accordance with the provision of § 97-96. The appellant has sought to justify her failure to file a timely written notice of appeal. Her contentions made herein are without merit. We, therefore, affirm the judgment of the trial court. [1] See 9 Moore's Federal Practice p. 908, Note on Timely Filing as "Jurisdictional".