State Supreme Court Revives Comp Claim Over Fractured Nose

The Hawaii Supreme Court ruled that a rental-car employee who fractured her nose in a workplace vehicle collision is entitled to workers' compensation coverage, rejecting the employer’s argument that the injury was not work-related. In Lane v. Avis Budget Group Inc., the court held that Avis Budget Group failed to present substantial evidence to overcome the statutory presumption that Roxanne Lane’s nasal fracture was caused by a 2014 on-the-job accident, when another vehicle backed into the Avis van she was driving at Honolulu’s airport. Lane testified that the im...