Wayne H. Mukaida
Mr. Mukaida has represented hundreds of injured workers before the Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations. He has also handled workers' compensation cases before Hawaii's Intermediate Court of Appeals and Supreme Court:
Wilson v. State, Dept. of Health, 131 Haw. 545, 319 P.3d 464 (2014) (corrected 2/4/2014) (equitable estoppel against employer);
Van Ness v. State Dept. of Education, 131 Haw. 545, 319 P.3d 464 (2014) (compensable pulmonary condition due to vog);
Alayon v. Urban Management Corp., CAAP-11-0000676 (12/31/2014) (A claimant should not be denied benefits under Hawaii`s WC law simply because her physicians failed to properly enter the requisite report in the prescribed manner);
Panoke v. Reef Development of Hawai‘i, Inc., SCWC-11-0000556 (12/14/2015) (A reasonable degree of specificity is required in order for medical opinion evidence to rebut the presumption of compensability);
Ihara v. DLNR, 141 Hawai'i 36, 404 P.3d 302 (2017) (Extent of disability must be expressed as a percentage).
- Gonzaga University School of Law
- J.D. (1978) | Law
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- University of Hawaii - Manoa
- B.B.A. (1974) | Business Administration
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- Advanced Workers' Compensation
- National Business Institute
- Presenter
- National Business Institute
- Selected Workers' Compensation Issues, Honolulu, HI
- NBI
- Topics covered: PTD, PPD, .scheduled injuries, fraud, settlement, reopenings
- Advanced Workers' Compensation, Honolulu, HI
- NBI
- Topics covered: Fraud, Stress, CMS settlements, vocational rehabilitation, ethics, psychiatric injuries, vocational rehabilitation.
- Senior Mediator
- Mediation Center of the Pacific
- Hawaii Association for Justice
- Current
- Hawaii Injured Workers Association
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- Hawaii
- 9th Circuit
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Free Consultation
The initial 45 minute consultation is without cost. Workers' compensation fees are subject to approval by the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations or the court. -
Contingent Fees
Contingent fees are considered only for personal injury cases. Workers' compensation cases are accepted only on an hourly basis.
- Workers' Compensation
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death