HRS §386-5
Work injury benefits are the only payment from employer
If you get hurt at work, the benefits this law gives you are the only way to get money from your employer for that injury. You cannot also sue your employer for the same injury in court. The only exception is if the injury involved sexual harassment or sexual assault, or related emotional distress or invasion of privacy, then you can also file a lawsuit.
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The statute, as written — Exclusiveness of right to compensation; exception
The rights and remedies herein granted to an employee or the employee's dependents on account of a work injury suffered by the employee shall exclude all other liability of the employer to the employee, the employee's legal representative, spouse, dependents, next of kin, or anyone else entitled to recover damages from the employer, at common law or otherwise, on account of the injury, except for sexual harassment or sexual assault and infliction of emotional distress or invasion of privacy related thereto, in which case a civil action may also be brought.
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