- Wayne Parsons | October 26, 2009 1:51 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsA 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...
- Wayne Parsons | October 25, 2009 2:08 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeIf 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,...
- Wayne Parsons | October 23, 2009 3:35 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsThe 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...
- Wayne Parsons | October 22, 2009 3:45 AM |
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Automobile Accidents
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....
- Wayne Parsons | October 21, 2009 2:19 PM |
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MiscellaneousThe 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...
- Wayne Parsons | October 21, 2009 6:42 AM |
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)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...
- Wayne Parsons | October 20, 2009 11:32 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe 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...
- Wayne Parsons | October 19, 2009 3:00 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeIn 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...
- Wayne Parsons | October 19, 2009 2:15 PM |
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Miscellaneous
Robert Myers of the Honolulu Star Bulletin reports that the National PreLaw Magazine has named the University of Hawaii, William S. Richardson Law School as being in the top 25 Best Value Law...
- Wayne Parsons | October 19, 2009 5:44 AM |
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Wrongful DeathThe Manaloa, a 75-foot fishing vessel had just returned from 30 days at sea with 20,000 pounds of Ahi in the hold. The crew had gone ashore to rest and one crew member was on the Manaloa when a fire...
- Wayne Parsons | October 19, 2009 5:02 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsThe car left the road and went airborne and crashed into a tree and the roof of the Oceanic Institute building. The occupants, Benjamin Makekau, 20, and his brother Ikaikakane Makekau (19) were dead...
- Wayne Parsons | October 17, 2009 1:29 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeThe most important consumer legislation in the last 50 years is presently moving in Congress with Senator Patrick Leahy, VT. leading the way. Senator Leahy Submits Legislation For Insurance Reform -...
- Wayne Parsons | October 16, 2009 1:07 PM |
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Automobile Accidents
Speed and alcohol may have been involved in the tragic death of Sara Sutton, an 18-year-old Big Island resident.
According to KITV News
Police found the crashed 2000 Honda two-door sedan...
- Wayne Parsons | October 16, 2009 12:52 PM |
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Toxic SubstancesKITV reports that a fire ant was found on a Maui farm. The fire is small but packs a mean bite. The insect is 1/16th inch long and is light orange in appearance. They aren't fast moving like some...
- Wayne Parsons | October 16, 2009 12:20 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeIn spite of all the hem-hawing and confusion surrounding American health care reform, one senator is taking initiative.
Senator Patrick Leahy, of Vermont, has recently introduced the Health...
- Wayne Parsons | October 16, 2009 10:57 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe story of ruined homes, hopes and dreams in the U.S. Southeast has been raging in the news for almost a year: Drywall From China Causes Concern Over Sulfur Odor In Homes - by Wayne Parsons...
- Wayne Parsons | October 14, 2009 1:22 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeThe insurance industry has more money than any other force in American politics and their right wing conservative media forces, led by Limbaugh and O'Reilly are geared up to blitz the public with...
- Wayne Parsons | October 14, 2009 5:27 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
In a tragic story, Kenneth Richard Owens is dead today after his parachute failed to open during a sky dive on the North Shore Monday. Owens, a 27-year-old Pearl Harbor-based Navy diver, was set...
- Wayne Parsons | October 14, 2009 4:22 AM |
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Motorcycle AccidentsThe motorcycle was headed toward Haleiwa at about 1:15 p.m., just past Wahiawa, when it crossed the centerline on a curve on Kaukonahua Road and crashed into an oncoming car one mile past Wilikina...
- Wayne Parsons | October 13, 2009 12:57 PM |
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MiscellaneousThe AP (10/9, Kuhnhenn) reports President Obama fought to keep his proposed banking overhaul on track Friday, casting the political struggle ahead as one between big financial interests and citizens...
- Wayne Parsons | October 12, 2009 4:42 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeOrin Hatch may have gotten the headline that his powerful insurance industry CFO's wanted but the headline isn't supported by the data in the latest CBO report on tort reform and health care....
- Wayne Parsons | October 12, 2009 3:49 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeWhen it comes to elderly care, most of us immediately worry about the living conditions of the patient. Are his nurses treating him well? Does she receive the attention and stimulation that she...
- Wayne Parsons | October 11, 2009 8:02 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeCholangiocarcinoma is a deadly cancer of the bile ducts. When it is diagnosed, the doctor usually says that there is nothing that can be done: no treatment, no cure, nothing. This the cancer that...
- Wayne Parsons | October 10, 2009 6:30 PM |
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Motorcycle Accidents
Hawaii247 reports that the Federal Highway Administration is conducting an ambitious new study to better understand and prevent motorcycle crashes, Administrator Victor Mendez...
- Wayne Parsons | October 10, 2009 12:16 PM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)Hiking to remote beaches can be risky as a 52-year-old Canadian tourist learned this week. After injuring his legs at Hanakapiai Beach on Kauai, KITV reports that a tourist was rescued and airlifted...
- Wayne Parsons | October 10, 2009 11:58 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsA Maui family struggles to cope with the triple loss of two brothers and their cousin accoirding to a report from the Star Bulletin by Wendy Osher on 07 October 2009.
The two brothers and their...
- Wayne Parsons | October 10, 2009 11:43 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsIn a story today in the Maui News, Young men mourned by community a tribute to the three young men is cause for all of us to pause and bow our heads. The three are 20-year-old...
- Wayne Parsons | October 10, 2009 11:08 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeScience Daily reports on 09 October 2009 that [t]he cost and quality of health care, as well as access to care and health outcomes, continue to vary widely among states, according to the...
- Wayne Parsons | October 10, 2009 10:04 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsYesterday I blogged about a KITV News story about a gas comapny propane truck mysteriously turning over in Campbell Industrial Park. Initial reports didn't make sense. Neither did my article. Now I...
- Wayne Parsons | October 09, 2009 5:46 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeWould you go to a hospital if you saw that it had more surgical complications than average? Complications are bad _ right? Maybe you should re-think that decision.
A new study shows that the number...
- Wayne Parsons | October 09, 2009 4:58 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsParents always worry about this call: your son and daughter are at the hospital after being hit by a car. That is what happened this morning according to the Star Bulletin report.
Two young...
- Wayne Parsons | October 08, 2009 4:05 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsOn the front page of its Business Day section, the New York Times (10/8, B1, Wayne) reports that hundreds of lawsuits from homeowners affected by Chinese drywall are piling up in state and federal...
- Wayne Parsons | October 07, 2009 7:44 AM |
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Wrongful DeathAn investigation by the state Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) along with the Coast Guard is underway into an ocean boating death at maunalua Bay on Sunday, 4 October 2009. The...
- Wayne Parsons | October 07, 2009 3:30 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsA jury trial is beginning on 07 October 2009 against the City & County of Honolulu involving a pedestrian injured by a car at a mid-block crosswalk. We have had a rash of crosswalk injury and...
- Wayne Parsons | October 05, 2009 2:18 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe Biloxi (MS) Sun Herald (10/3, Newsom) reported, It's believed enough Chinese drywall to build 100,000 houses was shipped to the United States as the Coast was rebuilding from Hurricane Katrina,...
- Wayne Parsons | October 05, 2009 5:06 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsI hope you like the catchy title. I could have used Portnoy's Complaint _ and for Honolulu insiders _ you know that we do have a Portnoy who is an attorney like Carlisle and me, complains a lot, and...
- Wayne Parsons | October 04, 2009 3:44 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsIf you bring a claim for personal injury you will have to answer questions. The one thing your attorney can't do for you in your case is testify for you. At some point the client has to testify....
- Wayne Parsons | October 03, 2009 2:51 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeDoes your doctor perform a lot of unnecessary tests when you go for a visit? Not mine. The typical situation is when I ask about getting tested for something that I saw on TV or read about and my...
- Wayne Parsons | October 02, 2009 12:17 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeIn an op-ed in the Charlotte (NC) Observer (10/1), Laurie Sanders, who settled a medical negligence case arising from the death of her son, Christopher, wrote:
Lobbyists for the medical and...
- Wayne Parsons | October 02, 2009 3:57 AM |
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MiscellaneousPolitico (9/30, McGrane) reported, Creation of a new consumer protection agency is still uncertain, as Democrats fight over whether federal laws should trump those written by individual states. A...