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A city truck hit your parked vehicle in Honolulu, and the clock is already moving

If a City and County of Honolulu truck damaged your parked vehicle and left, the deadlines start fast and the claim process is not the normal insurance routine.

ARTICLE by Jennifer Nakamura

My Honolulu crash is almost two years old and Medicare wants a cut

Two impacts, two insurers, Medicare in the middle, and the deadline can sneak up fast if you moved here recently and don't know the system.

ARTICLE by Derek Kahunahana

Why is the Hilo adjuster stalling until my deadline runs out?

File a civil Complaint in Hawaii Circuit Court within 2 years of the crash date or you can lose the claim entirely under HRS § 657-7. If the insurer keeps "reviewing" your...

Honolulu city truck turned right into my bike and now they're saying I waited too long

A Honolulu cyclist hit by a city-owned truck may not have the clock start the same way they think if the serious injury was discovered later, but city claims bring a whole extra layer of hassle fast.

ARTICLE by Grace Santos

New to Waipahu and your lawyer is ghosting you - switch now or risk the deadline?

If your Hawaii injury case feels dead and your lawyer won't call back, you can usually switch - but the filing deadline and the fee split matter more than your frustration.

ARTICLE by Jennifer Nakamura

strict product liability

Do you have to prove a company was careless to recover for a dangerous product? Not always. Strict product liability allows an injured person to hold a manufacturer,...

I found out the filing clock may be almost up after that Waipahu fog pileup

A night-shift security guard in Waipahu can still have multiple sources of money after a fog pileup, but the two-year lawsuit deadline and the empty-LLC problem can wreck the case fast.

ARTICLE by Keoni Makoa

our bills won't wait while the rental car insurers fight

When a project manager dies after being hit in Kaneohe, the estate, the spouse, the kids, and the insurance mess are not all the same claim.

ARTICLE by Lisa Fernandez

postnuptial agreement

A written contract spouses sign after marriage to set rules about money, property, and debt. "Written" matters because informal promises usually do not hold up when a marriage...

Hilo postal route wrecked by construction gravel and now they're pushing light duty anyway

A Hilo postal worker can have a work injury claim and a separate fault case over road debris, and the biggest fights are usually over blame and forced "light duty."

ARTICLE by Marcus Torres

Like a road map for two households, a parenting plan lays out how parents will share the work of raising a child after separation or divorce. It usually covers where the child...

Parked outside a Hilo office, hit by a runner, then lowballed by a lying adjuster

A janitor in Hilo got stuck with a parked-car hit-and-run and an adjuster playing games about policy limits.

ARTICLE by Marcus Torres

Missing a safety warning can leave someone using a dangerous car part, medicine, appliance, or child item long after the maker has learned it may cause fires, crashes,...

Honolulu bus pileup in fog and the insurance number sounds way too low

A Honolulu fog pileup with a city bus can turn into a fight over medical care and policy limits fast, especially when the adjuster is lowballing you.

ARTICLE by Grace Santos

A pressure ulcer is a bedsore caused by prolonged pressure on the skin. "Pressure" means body weight cutting off blood flow, usually where bone presses against a mattress,...

failure to supervise

When a person or organization has a duty to watch, guide, or protect someone and does not provide the level of oversight that a reasonable situation requires, that can be a...

I waited months to get PTSD treatment after my Waipahu crash. Did I ruin it?

In California, a long gap in mental health treatment after a crash often gets hammered even harder because the insurer has more room to argue your symptoms came from something...

An IME doctor said you're fine - the MRI fight starts there

A Kaneohe bus driver can still have a real injury claim when the insurance doctor pretends the MRI means nothing.

ARTICLE by Jennifer Nakamura

child support guidelines

A set of legal rules and formulas used to calculate how much financial support a parent should pay for a child, usually based on each parent's income, the child's needs, and...

I got a denial letter after my Kaneohe bridge crash and it barely explains anything

A nurse in Kaneohe crashes on black ice after a 12-hour shift, gets a vague denial, and then learns the injury was much worse than anyone thought.

ARTICLE by Jennifer Nakamura