Honolulu Personal Injury Lawyer
Discussion of personal injury law and legal issues, with Hawaii focus.
Author: Wayne Parsons, who edits this blawg, is a lawyer in Hawaii.
Blawg Related Categories: Tort Law • Injury & Accident Law • States • Hawaii • Legal Information
Recent Posts from Honolulu Personal Injury Lawyer
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Investigation Of Contaminated Heparin Syringes Highlights Medication Safety Issues
Heparin is a biological compound often used as an anticoagulant, administered to patients through a pre-prepared syringe. It minimizes the danger of such diseases as deep-vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism and NSTEMI. Since its commercialization in…
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Emily Midgley Dies in Big Island Hay Ride on Halloween
The Star Bulletin story "Halloween hay ride proves fatal to Big Isle girl, 7" reports that Emily Midgley of Hawaiian Ocean View Estates jumped off of a trailer at the end of a hay ride…
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Why Doesn't The FDA Follow Untested Drugs?
A report from the General Accounting Office (GAO) questions why the FDA "has allowed drugs for cancer and other diseases to stay on the market even when follow-up studies showed they didn't extend patients' lives".…
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Isn't Tort Reform Only About Frivolous Cases?
If you listen to doctors complain that they need protection from lawsuit abuse and that the real problem in health care reform is defensive medicine and lawsuits driving up the cost of health care, you…
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FDA commissioner endorses legislation to improve food safety.
The Los Angeles Times (10/23, Zajac) reports, "Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg on Thursday strongly endorsed legislation that would give her agency new tools to improve food safety, but she warned that Congress…
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How Does An Injured Person Describe Their Injury To Doctors, Lawyers and Their Family?(2)
After an injury the first thing a person hears is usually: "Are you hurt?" Describe your injury." The other driver will often ask. The police officer at the scene. The ambulance drivers will ask. The…
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House Financial Services panel debates federal preemption in CFPA.
The Washington Post (10/21, Dennis) reports that the House Financial Services Committee "continued to wrangle over a provision that would allow state governments to protect bank customers by imposing restrictions that go beyond existing federal…
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The Jones Act in Hawaii: Ed Case and Jim O'Keefe Object to American Worker Requirments.
Malia Zimmerman of The Hawaii Reporter reports on 20 October 2009 that a "Jones Act Lawsuit Will Test Control of Hawaii's Shipping Monopoly". Her story is about a bread maker in Hilo who claims that…
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Recall of Chinese Drywall? Don't Hold Your Breath!
The Fort Myers (FL) News-Press (10/20, Wozniak) reports, "A summit beginning Wednesday in Beijing between the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and its Chinese counterpart will press for companies in the Chinese drywall supply chain…
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Most See That Legal Reforms Are The Wrong Idea
In an op-ed in the Houston Chronicle (10/16), N. Alex Winslow, executive director of Texas Watch, wrote, "Lately we have heard a lot...about Texas-style, anti-patient laws as a solution to our nation's health care crisis.…