The Honolulu Advertiser has a very interesting website that I use often. Its called By the numbers. I am a numbers person which in some way probably explains the fact that I am an attorney who also…
Hawaii has a few Swine Flu cases, most recently a student up at UH. Our medical community seems well organized and prepared. The entire country seems to be on top of this situation. Embedded video…
Police shut down traffic in both directions on Kamehameha Highway after a car crash at about 5:45 a.m. on Friday May 8, 2009. The accident happened at a location a quarter-mile south of Lanikuhana…
A study has shown that Hawaii women suffer higher cancer rates due to pesticide use so when I read that the EPA is giving money to clean up pesticide contaminated land, I know that this is a…
The American Medical Association has data, according to the American Association of Justice (AAJ) that “adds to a growing body of research that proves physicians are not fleeing the profession…
Jacie Katsuda, Contributor How can a mom or dad, the one who is supposed to nurture and protect, take advantage of that privilege by inflicting intentional pain on their innocent little boy or…
On May 7, 2009 the Southeast Texas Record reporter Michelle Massey, Texarkana Bureau, writes that a portion of the tort reform law passed in 2003 by the Arkansas legislature has now been held…
Wrong. Multiple surveys have shown that lawsuits are not a concern for small business owners. A survey from the National Association of Manufacturers suggests that “lawsuit abuse” ranks…
The New York Times (5/7, B4, Abelson) reports, The New Jersey attorney general has announced a settlement with a medical device maker accused of failing to disclose financial conflicts of…
The Washington Post (5/6, Layton) reports President Obama has tapped a politically skilled former schools chief from South Carolina to chair the Consumer Product Safety Commission and said he will…
A primary mission of these articles is to promote safety and make Hawaii a safer place for all of us. Everyone in the Islands is concerned about crosswalk deaths and pedestrian injuries. I have come…
Today we learned that our vulnerable Island chain has now been visited with H1N1, the new Swine Flu virus. We have three confirmed cases that have been heavily reported in the press. National…