Iddings V. Mee-Lee

In this case, dealing with the scope and requirements of the statutory "wilful*fn1 and wanton misconduct" exception to the co-employee immunity provisions of Hawai'i's workers' compensation scheme, Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) chapter 386, plaintiff-appellant Barbara Iddings appeals from the First Circuit Court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant-appellee Dennis Mee-Lee, M.D. Iddings, a nurse in the Intensive Care Module of Castle Medical Center's (CMC) Human Services Unit, suffered injuries while she assisted other CMC staff members in subduing a violent patient. Iddings asserted that Dr. Mee-Lee, who was in charge of the Human Services Unit, engaged in "wilful and wanton misconduct" by allegedly allowing the Intensive Care Module to become overcrowded with patients and furniture, despite being aware of a risk of injury stemming from the alleged overcrowding.