Hawaii Supreme Court March 25, 1982, NO. 7349 (Dep. of Crawford v. Financial Plaza Contractors)

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OPINION OF THE COURT BY

RICHARDSON, C.J.

The question on appeal is whether HRS § 386-33 (1976) (“section 33”),

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a part of our workers’ compensation statute, provides for the apportionment between an employer and the state special compensation fund of responsibility for payment of death benefits to a deceased employee’s dependents where the employee’s death results from a combination of