![]() While we affirm the grant of summary judgment, we do so based on our interpretation of Hawai#i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 386-8, which governs a third party’s liability for workers’ compensation. The circuit court granted summary judgment in favor of Fujikawa based on its interpretation of the subcontract’s indemnity clause. After paying workers’ *** FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST’S HAWAI#I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER *** compensation benefits to its injured employee, HDCC sought reimbursement from Fujikawa based on a breach of contract theory, claiming that workers’ compensation benefits were within the scope of their subcontract’s indemnity clause. (HDCC) was injured, allegedly due to the actions of HDCC’s subcontractor, Fujikawa Associates, Inc., dba Continental Mechanical of the Pacific (Fujikawa). This case arises from a worksite accident in which an employee of Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company, Inc. OPINION OF THE COURT BY RECKTENWALD, C.J. ![]() 13-1-0900-03) JRECKTENWALD, C.J., NAKAYAMA, McKENNA, POLLACK, AND WILSON, JJ. SCWC-14-0000842 CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-14-0000842 CIV. FUJIKAWA ASSOCIATES, INC., dba Continental Mechanical of the Pacific, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellee. *** FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST’S HAWAI#I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER *** Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-14-0000842 0 08:30 AM IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I -o0o-HAWAIIAN DREDGING CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellant, vs.
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