The Hawaii Supreme Court ruled that a registered nurse should have been allowed to reopen her workers’ compensation claims for injuries from her multiple chemical sensitivity diagnosis.
Case: Porter v. Queen’s Medical Center, No. SCWC-16-0000602, 01/19/2021, published.
Facts: Adeline N. Porter began working for the Queen's Medical Center as a registered nurse in 1967.
In 2002, she and other QMC employees in her building began suffering from respiratory symptoms. Porter alleged that the symptoms were caused by "contaminated carpet and wall coverings" in th...
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