Parents always worry about this call: your son and daughter are at the hospital after being hit by a car. That is what happened this morning according to the Star Bulletin report. Two young…
On the front page of its Business Day section, the New York Times (10/8, B1, Wayne) reports that hundreds of lawsuits from homeowners affected by Chinese drywall are piling up in state and federal…
An investigation by the state Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) along with the Coast Guard is underway into an ocean boating death at maunalua Bay on Sunday, 4 October 2009. The…
A jury trial is beginning on 07 October 2009 against the City & County of Honolulu involving a pedestrian injured by a car at a mid-block crosswalk. We have had a rash of crosswalk injury and…
The Biloxi (MS) Sun Herald (10/3, Newsom) reported, It’s believed enough Chinese drywall to build 100,000 houses was shipped to the United States as the Coast was rebuilding from Hurricane Katrina,…
I hope you like the catchy title. I could have used Portnoy’s Complaint _ and for Honolulu insiders _ you know that we do have a Portnoy who is an attorney like Carlisle and me, complains a lot, and…
If you bring a claim for personal injury you will have to answer questions. The one thing your attorney can’t do for you in your case is testify for you. At some point the client has to testify….
Does your doctor perform a lot of unnecessary tests when you go for a visit? Not mine. The typical situation is when I ask about getting tested for something that I saw on TV or read about and my…
In an op-ed in the Charlotte (NC) Observer (10/1), Laurie Sanders, who settled a medical negligence case arising from the death of her son, Christopher, wrote: Lobbyists for the medical and…
Politico (9/30, McGrane) reported, Creation of a new consumer protection agency is still uncertain, as Democrats fight over whether federal laws should trump those written by individual states. A…
Olena Heu of KHON TV reports on a single car accident that involved an intoxicated military police officer Joseph Florez-Gonzales. Military Police Officer Arrested In Connection With Critical Crash…
The AP (9/29, Thomas) reported, Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday it will recall 3.8 million vehicles in the United States, the company’s largest-ever U.S. recall, to address problems with a removable…