As reported yesterday in The Daily Kos: “[a]ccording to the Justice Department, more than 600,000 eligible voters could be disenfranchised due to Texas’ new law.” Three months ago today Chief Justice John Roberts announced the 5-4 decision on Shelby County v. Holder, the most serious challenge…
A baby who suffers from cerebral palsy may have been injured before birth but not be diagnosed with the condition until long after birth. That means that many parents are unaware of their keiki’s problem until long after it occurs, According to Dr. Bruce G.…
The medical profession calls it a Traumatic Brain Injury and it covers some of the most serious of medical conditions. Skateboarders hit their heads often. Most are kids. Most don’t wear helmets. But a person can hit their head _ hard _ while they are…
The gloves are coming off in the Constitutional confrontation between the radical conservative voter suppression efforts in Texas and the U.S. Department of Justice reported by the Washington Post: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government sued on Thursday to keep Texas from carrying out a…
I was just watching the Jake Tapper show on CNN where they were talking about the controversy of Voter ID law signed into law by the governor of North Carolina. Lawsuits have now been filed claiming that the law is unconstitutional and that it will…
[update August 14, 2013 5 p.m. EST] Mugabe is a ruthless dictator in Africa who probably just stole an election. Hillary just gave a speech in San Francisco where she called on our citizens to be vigilant about voter rights. She singled out lawyers and asked us…
The lady who hit Xavier was texting. Her head was down. She never saw the boy. She was texting “I’m on my way …..”. What will it take to stop Hawaii drivers from driving distracted? Werner Herzog’s poignant video is the answer to every adult…
Government-issued photo ID laws in the following states will deny US citizens the right to vote: AR, GA, IN, KS, ND, NH, PA, SC, TN and WI. When the United States Supreme Court effectively overturned Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act they also gave the…
Lawyers often talk about “damages” and what that means is what can an injured person collect for from the wrongdoer? My clients often ask me this question and I usually answer it this way. There are three general areas of compensation for an injured person.…
We often talk about automobile accidents but over the years as I have spoken with clients and usually found out that they weren’t really involved in an automobile “accident” but in fact were injured because another driver was careless, perhaps reckless, often distracted and that…
Gov. Neil Abercrombie and Sen. Clayton Hee (D – District 23) were heroes today. No, they didn’t rush into a burning building and pull out injured people, and they didn’t rescue…
To build awareness, I hope everyone in Hawaii will watch this moving video below about distracted driving. It was produced by my friend and fellow trial lawyer Joel Feldman and his wife Diane in…