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).

• 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.

Hawaii

Since 1978

9th Circuit

Since 1980

Gonzaga University School of Law

J.D. (1978) | Law

1975 - 1978

University of Hawaii - Manoa

B.B.A. (1974) | Business Administration

1971 - 1974

Hawaii Association for Justice

Current

Hawaii Injured Workers Association

Current

Advanced Workers' Compensation

National Business Institute

2013

Presenter

National Business Institute

August 28, 2003

Selected Workers' Compensation Issues, Honolulu, HI

August 13, 2013

NBI

Topics covered: PTD, PPD, .scheduled injuries, fraud, settlement, reopenings

Advanced Workers' Compensation, Honolulu, HI

August 28, 2003

NBI

Topics covered: Fraud, Stress, CMS settlements, vocational rehabilitation, ethics, psychiatric injuries, vocational rehabilitation.

Senior Mediator

Mediation Center of the Pacific