Silva v. Kaiwiki Milling Co.

Citations

• 24 Haw. 324
• 1918 Haw. LEXIS 42

Syllabus

<p>Workmen’s Compensation Act — construction.</p> <p>The words “out of” and “in the course of,” as used in the Workmen’s Compensation Act, providing that if a workman receives personal injuries by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment he shall be compensated, are not synonymous terms. An injury may be received in the course of the employment and still have no causal connection with it so that it can be said to arise out of the employment.</p> <p>Same — same.</p> <p>S, the manager of a sugar mill, was accidentally injured while participating in a celebration which took place at the final completion of the construction of the mill it being his duty to assist in conducting the celebration. Held that the injury sustained by S arose both out of and in the course of his employment.</p> <p>Same — same</p> <p>Compensation acts being highly remedial in character, though in derogation of the common law, should generally be liberally and broadly construed to effectuate their beneficent purposes.</p>