Hawaii Supreme Court September 20, 1983, NO. 8112 (Kalapodes v. E. E. Black, Ltd.)

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

HAYASHI, J.

This case presents the question whether the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board (Appeals Board) properly joined a claimant-employee’s previous employer in order to

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consolidate his multiple claims for separate injuries against successive employers. We decide it did and affirm the Appeals Board.

The facts of this case are not in dispute.