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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

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 got hit on my motorcycle in Waipahu and now some stranger is filming me

A first crash is bad enough, and it gets worse fast when the insurer sends a private investigator to catch you moving around and call you a liar.

ARTICLE by Keoni Makoa

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

Scared to file after a Pearl City H-1 crash because of your status? A city truck claim gets ugly fast

A crash with a city-owned truck on H-1 near Pearl City is not a normal insurance claim, and a criminal charge against the driver does not pause the civil fight over your injuries or your mental health.

ARTICLE by Kimo Aiona

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

general causation

Proof that something can cause a kind of harm. "Can" is the key word. General causation asks whether a product, substance, or condition is capable of causing the injury at...

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...

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

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

Honolulu truck crash and now the business says it's just an LLC?

A commercial truck hit a farm worker at a rural Honolulu intersection, and now the business is hiding behind an LLC while medical bills and rent are piling up.

ARTICLE by Marcus Torres

Could a Waipahu crash settlement wipe out the SSDI check you live on?

A Waipahu rideshare driver on SSDI after a rear-end crash usually does not lose SSDI because of a settlement, but the hospital lien can gut the payout unless it gets challenged and reduced.

ARTICLE by Marcus Torres

crashworthiness doctrine

A maker can be liable when a product did not cause the accident but did make the injuries worse. "Crashworthiness" is most often discussed with vehicles, but the idea reaches...

Just left Maui Memorial and the city truck claim gets ugly fast

A crosswalk injury claim against a city-owned truck in Kahului does not turn into an immigration case, but the county process is stricter and the blame fight starts immediately.

ARTICLE by Lisa Fernandez

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

no-fault divorce

Defense lawyers and insurance adjusters sometimes use the phrase "no-fault" to make people think blame no longer matters at all. In a divorce, that is not what it means. A...

Miss this distinction, and someone can walk into court expecting a divorce order when what they may need - or be facing - is a ruling that the marriage was never legally valid...

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...

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,...

Can I sue over a Kahului tire blowout if I'm undocumented?

What your employer or landlord is hoping you never find out: your immigration status does not cancel your right to file an injury claim in Hawaii. If the tire itself was...