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Motorcycle Crash On Kailua Road

Posted on April 27, 2009
Michael Tsai staff writer for the Honolulu Advertiser reports today on another motorcycle death on Oahu. According to reports the motorcycles crashed into a rental Van on Sunday afternoon. The Advertiser story relates that the Van changed lanes and apparently the Van driver, a Japanese national did not see the motorcycles as he moved to the left near Ulu'oa Street: According to the Honolulu Police Department's Traffic Division, the maroon Chevrolet van, driven by a Japanese national, was traveling north in the right lane of Kailua Road, near Ulu'oa Street, when it turned into the left lane — occupied by the motorcyclists — to reach a grassy median used for U-turns...

Lahood Pushes Carmakers To Crash-test Child Safety Seats.

Posted on April 27, 2009
The Chicago Tribune (4/25, Callahan) reported, "U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Friday said he planned to urge carmakers to crash-test child safety seats in their vehicles and recommend which child restraints are the safest in each auto, responding to a Chicago Tribune investigation...

Swine Flu Crisis Involves Huge Health Controversy and Probably Another Cover-up

Posted on April 27, 2009
In my first article on the new Swine Flu scare I didn't realize that this connection with pigs, Swine Flu, MRSA and C.Diff has been raging among corporate interests, their cadre of hired-gun veterinarians and those concerned about public health (as opposed to greed and profits)...

American Bar Association Reports On AIDS/HIV

Posted on April 26, 2009
The AIDS/HIV health crisis is now thirty years old and the subject continues to challenge society around the world. The Rule of Law has faced difficult challenges as the basic concept of individual rights and cultural mores clash. In California we have witnessed a long battle in the streets, the courts and the ballot box...

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Child On Guam Ejected From Car

Posted on April 26, 2009
A 5-year-old boy was ejected from the passenger side of a car Friday morning. The car crash happened across from Our Lady of Peace and Safe Journey Church in Chalan Pagowho, Guam. The boy is in stable condition, said Guam Memorial Hospital nursing supervisor Josephine Eustaquio...

Hawaii Ocean Injuries: The Jones Act

Posted on April 25, 2009
When an employee on a ship is injured, the law that covers the injury is in the category of laws called admiralty or maritime law. A specific law passed by Congress that can be used for an injury claim is The Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.App. § 688 (1958) which allows a crew member to allege that he or she sustained injuries due to the boat owner's negligence...

AIG In Another Scandal Over Denying Health Care Claims For American Workers Injured In Afghanistan and Iraq

Posted on April 25, 2009
Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) has recently said there were 'serious deficiencies in the health coverage of civilian employees who have been injured while working overseas.' His outrage about insurance companies denying and delaying payments for needed medical care for overseas American civilian workers, is well known to personal injury attorneys in Hawaii and across the country...

Big Island Car Crash Injures 4 - Alcohol Implicated

Posted on April 25, 2009
A radio announcer in Honolulu used to have a daily "densa" award for the most stupid person in the news. I don't think they do it anymore but if they did a Big Island 20 year old, Kahiliokeanuinu Puaalani Peleiholani, would get the dubious award for his recent car crash in Kamuela...

New Research Discovery On Proliferative Kidney Disease In Fish Will Aide In Farmed Fish Industry

Posted on April 25, 2009
ScienceDaily (Apr. 24, 2009) reports on a European study of proliferative kidney disease (PKD), a cause of major stock losses on fish farms in England. The study was funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). PKD has devastated the UK's fish farming industry...

Oahu Sadly Counts 23rd Traffic Fatality In 2009

Posted on April 25, 2009
Sadly Oahu suffered its 23rd traffic fatality this year in a single car crash in Waianae. The city medical examiner has identified the 28-year-old Waianae woman who died Tuesday after the car she was driving went off an embankment near Yokohama Bay as Eitiline Love...

Boat Injuries To Tourists In Hawaii

Posted on April 25, 2009
Why travel to Hawaii and not go out on the ocean in a boat? Whale watching, scuba diving, sunset sails and other opportunities are among the most popular Hawaii tourist attractions. Caution should be exercised in going out on one of these boats. The wind in Hawaii creates rough water off shore...

Manoa Fire and Death!

Posted on April 24, 2009
Bed and Breakfast. Rental Units. Manoa fire kills 2 and injures 7. These are not new headlines in Hawaii. Am I alone in thinking that we need to look closely at what happened in Manoa? A dispute arose among tenants at a house that was rented to multiple families...

Health Alert For Hawaii: Is The New Swine Flu A Threat To The Islands?

Posted on April 24, 2009
Swine Flu is back. Health officials at the Federal and State level are on alert for a new form of Swine Flu and expect to find more cases. The strain of swine flu that seems to be spreading directly among humans curiously includes genes from swine flu, avian flu and human flu viruses from North America, Europe and Asia according to the CDC's Nancy Cox...

Consumer Alert: Sebelius Confirmation Vote Set For April 28

Posted on April 24, 2009
The Department of Health and Human Services is broken. Most Americans know that sad fact. Like the entire regulatory process in our government that is supposed to protect us, the the Department of Health and Human Services was turned over to the elite CEO's of the corporations that have run the country to the brink of failure...

Soldier Hit By Car As He Walks Along H-2

Posted on April 24, 2009
Schofield Barracks soldier PFC Jesse Hart was on foot along the H-2 Freeway in the northerly direction shortly after midnight when he was struck by another car just before the Wahiawa off-ramp. Mr. Hart was taken to the hospital in critical condition...

New Law In Honolulu: City Council Bans Use Of Cell Phones While Driving

Posted on April 24, 2009
The Honolulu City Council on Wednesday voted to ban drivers from using any mobile electronic devices. That means anyone holding a cell phone or other device while driving will be ticketed by the police. The fine will be about $97 and the law is set to be enforced starting on July 1st...

Financial Misconduct by Infomercial Marketers

Posted on April 22, 2009
Stephen Barrett, M.D. reports that in his opinion infomercials and medicine don't always mesh: [T]he vast majority of health-related products promoted through infomercials don't work as advertised. Nevertheless, millions of people buy such products every year...

Diseases Like Multiple Sclerosis And Cancer May Be Too Complicated For Simple Genetic - Stem Cell - Solutions

Posted on April 22, 2009
I have followed medical science advances in treatment of cancer and multiple sclerosis. People that I care about have those diseases. You all have loved ones affected by those diseases. I have been deeply into it for three years. My wife died last year about battle with a rare devastating cancer...

Financial Misconduct - A Survey Of Scams And Protections

Posted on April 22, 2009
The list grows longer every day. Financial misconduct has become the biggest subject this year and more people are being victimized in this tough economy. Protect yourself from scams, many of which have been around for years. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBheC5afBfc Identity Theft may only cost a few dollars because of credit card liability limitations ($50 to $500 generally) you may spend years clearing your name...

Embattled FDA Office of Device Evaluation Accused of Acting Illegally

Posted on April 22, 2009
The New York Times (4/22, A15, Harris) reports, "An unusual internal meeting scheduled for Wednesday at the Food and Drug Administration may signal how agency officials intend to handle the many controversies swirling around its embattled device division...

Six Things Each of Us Can Do In Honor Of Earthday

Posted on April 22, 2009
If we don't honor and take care of the earth then we probably have totally lost our way. Most of us care and want to do something positive but the treadmill is racing faster every day and time and money are actual or perceived obstacles. I am looking at the clock as I write this post...

Clean Up The FDA

Posted on April 21, 2009
In an Editorial in the Providence (RI) Journal (4/20) they support the Obama administration goal of cleaning up the FDA: "One important task before President Obama is shoring up the Food and Drug Administration." The Journal said that the "FDA seems to have acquired a certain disdain for its own rules, to say nothing of its intended role" and added that "last year, a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association laid out how corrupt research practices had helped lead to vigorous sales of the painkiller Vioxx...

Financial Misconduct In Hawaii: Financial Fraud And Internet Data Theft

Posted on April 21, 2009
CNET is one of the best resources for technical information and I get regular email updates on current news. In a recent article by Elinor Mills at CNET she reports that fear about credit card data theft, identity theft and related financial misconduct is at unprecedented levels...

Appeals Court Rules Wyeth Must Face Prempro Case Where Woman Claims Prempro Caused Her Breast Cancer.

Posted on April 21, 2009
Bloomberg News (4/21, O'Reilly) reports, "Wyeth, the drugmaker being acquired by Pfizer Inc., must face a lawsuit by a woman who claims her breast cancer was caused by the menopause medicine Prempro [estrogens, conjugated/medroxyprogesterone], a Texas appeals court ruled...

Financial Misconduct #3 help about 2,400 Hawaii homeowners avoid foreclosure

Posted on April 20, 2009
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Single Car Collision With Utility Pole In Puna Causes Death Of Young Big Island Woman

Posted on April 20, 2009
KGMB TV News reports a traffic death on the Big Island on Sunday. Early Sunday morning shortly before 7 A.M. in Puna a woman was killed at the intersection of 25th Avenue and Paradise Drive. Doreen Kaina, 20, was apparently speeding when she lost control of her car and hit a utility pole...

Exercise Programs Most Effective In Helping Elderly Prevent Injuries From Falls

Posted on April 20, 2009
In a ScienceDaily article on April 17, 2009 - Exercise Reduces Falls In Older People, Review Suggests home safety improvements, vitamin D supplements and other prescriptions to help elders avoid injury from falls, are not as effective as exercise programs...

Financial Misconduct Alert No. 1: Illegal Loan Modification Schemes

Posted on April 20, 2009
As Foreclosures rise desperate homeowners are being victimized by illegal or misleading offers of help from a myriad of companies. The companies often charge up front fees and lull frightened homeowners into thinking that they can get relief from their mortgage when it is highly unlikely any help will be forthcoming...

Automobile, Motorcycle and Pedestrian Deaths On Oahu Continue to Rise

Posted on April 19, 2009
So far this year the main focus of this Blog has been on the alarming number of traffic deaths on Oahu. One week it is motorcycles. The next pedestrians hit in crosswalks or walking along Oahu streets. Then it shifts to speeding cars and drunken drivers...

Its Saturday! What Can I Say? Susan Boyle Is What Its All About Folks!

Posted on April 18, 2009
Its Saturday! And so I will digress. Point of privilege. You see this little Blog of mine is more than a marketing tool for a trial attorney. My hope is that this place isn't all about me or my law office. I want to be a member of the community. That's all...

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