Did you know that your auto insurance policy provides medical coverage for injuries that you suffer in an auto collison or auto accident? This very important part of your insurance policy is relatively unexpensive and the basic “minimum” is not adequate to cover your medical bills in the event of a
The State of Hawaii Department of Health regulates nursing homes and assisted living facilities in this state. If you have questions about nursing homes in general, or particular, the Department of Health is a resource for your questions.The contact information is:Department of HealthState Licensing
For years Congress has debated dozens of tort ‘reform’ proposals that would limit the legal rights of ordinary Americans and protect businesses that place dangerously defective products into the stream of commerce. In the wake of recent tragedies involving rollovers and tire tread separation, Americ
Unsafe Medicine: FDA Whistleblower TestimonyVioxx is one of many dangerous products found to kill and injure patients after receiving FDA approval. Below are just some of the products recalled in 2004.Baycol – Manufactured by Bayer Pulled from the market after 31 reported deaths due to a rare side e
America’s product liability laws are a powerful warning to even the most audacious wrongdoers that they cannot market and sell products that injure or kill consumers and expect to get away with it. The following are just a few of the safety changes prompted by our liability laws and punitive damages
The “Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act of 2005,” has absolutely nothing to do with job growth or corporate competitiveness. Under the guise of a broad statute of repose, this legislation stacks the deck against almost every American employer in favor of the manufacturers and sellers
Public Pressure Led to Safer Design of “Little People”Tired of meeting grieving parents, Massachusetts trial lawyers Edward M. Swartz and James Swartz launched World Against Toys Causing Harm (W.A.T.C.H) to encourage safer toy design and educate parents about unsafe toys they discover through lawsui
The Center for Justice & Democracy is an organization that tells the truth. CJ&D’s leader Joanne Doroshow gets it! She digs beneath the spin and the political deals to expose the attempt by corporate CEO’s and politicians to shut the court house doors in America to people like you.Here are some arti
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (TLPJ), a leading consumer advocacy attorneys organization, forces changes to an anti-consumer class action against Verizon; ustomers to be paid soon. the story below is a report from Trial lawyers for Public Justice. I am the state of hawaii coordinator for TLPJ. Co
You are injured by the negligence of someone else and you wonder what is a fair settlement. How do you find out? If you have an attorney representing you, how can you know if he or she is correct in their assessment of the value of your case? First let us look at what you can recover in an injury ca
Personal Injury Protection? PIP? What is it? What should I do?In Hawaii we have an “insurance commission” and they tell us that “PIP” means “personal injury protection”. When you buy auto inurance you have a choice about your PIP coverage. Your insurance agent will probably tell you to buy a minimum
Speed and alcohol combine annually to add to Hawaii’s unfortunate statistics for motor vehicle wrongful death cases. The police always conduct very thorough investigations following a motor vehicle death in order to determine if any criminal charges should be filed. That can make it difficult to fin