PEI LI v. ACCLAMATION INSURANCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES (2024)

SUMMARY DISPOSITION ORDER

Pei Li filed this appeal without counsel. His notice of appeal was filed by the Hawai‘i Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board (LIRAB) on July 29, 2019. It appears he is appealing from the Decision and Order entered by LIRAB on July 3, 2019.

Li's opening brief does not comply with Hawai‘i Rules of Appellate Procedure Rule 28(b). A self-represented litigant's pleadings should be interpreted liberally, and they should not automatically be foreclosed from appellate review because they do not comply with court rules. Erum v. Llego, 147 Hawai‘i 368, 380-81, 465 P.3d 815, 827-28 (2020). However, Li's brief has no statement of points of error and no argument. It consists of medical records and reports, with no explanation of why they are material to this appeal, or why LIRAB's Decision and Order was clearly erroneous or wrong.

We are not obligated to search the record for information that should have been provided by Li. Hawaii Ventures, LLC v. Otaka, Inc., 114 Hawai‘i 438, 480, 164 P.3d 696, 738 (2007) (first citing Lanai Co., Inc. v. Land Use Comm'n, 105 Hawai‘i 296, 309 n.31, 97 P.3d 372, 385 n.31 (2004) (explaining that an appellate court “is not obligated to sift through the voluminous record to verify an appellant's inadequately documented contentions” (citations omitted)); and then citing Miyamoto v. Lum, 104 Hawai‘i 1, 11 n.14, 84 P.3d 509, 519 n.14 (2004)). Accordingly, the Decision and Order entered by LIRAB on July 3, 2019, is affirmed.

Katherine G. Leonard Acting Chief Judge

Keith K. Hiraoka Associate Judge

Clyde J. Wadsworth Associate Judge