HRS §386-55
Court-appointed trustee for lump sum payments
If the labor director thinks it's best, a judge can appoint a person or company to manage a worker's lump sum payment. The trustee uses the money for the worker or their dependents as the director decides. The employer is released from liability once the trustee receives the money.
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The statute, as written — Trustee in case of lump sum payments
Whenever for any reason the director of labor and industrial relations deems it advisable, any lump sum which is payable as provided in section 386-54 shall be paid to a suitable individual or corporation appointed by the circuit judge in whose jurisdiction the work injury occurred as trustee to administer or apply the same for the benefit of the disabled worker or the dependent entitled thereto in the manner determined by the director. The receipt of the trustee for the amount so paid shall discharge the employer of the employer's liability.
Sections this one refers to
§386-54 Turning weekly or monthly workers' comp payments into one lump sum
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