- Wayne Parsons | September 30, 2009 2:06 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsOlena Heu of KHON TV reports on a single car accident that involved an intoxicated military police officer Joseph Florez-Gonzales. Military Police Officer Arrested In Connection With Critical Crash...
- Wayne Parsons | September 30, 2009 1:39 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe AP (9/29, Thomas) reported, Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday it will recall 3.8 million vehicles in the United States, the company's largest-ever U.S. recall, to address problems with a removable...
- Wayne Parsons | September 30, 2009 3:05 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeSorry but I have to say this.
The American public and the major media are showing their laziness and stupidity in the health - insurance - tort reform debate. If the subjects weren't so serious it...
- Wayne Parsons | September 29, 2009 9:16 AM |
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Motorcycle AccidentsIn a news story posted in the Honolulu Advertiser on Sunday another motorcycle injury is reported
(Man in critical condition after motorcycle accident...
- Wayne Parsons | September 29, 2009 8:48 AM |
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MiscellaneousIn a story appearing on at least 111 news websites, the AP (9/29, Sherman) reports that former Attorney General John Ashcroft and John Yoo, one of his hardline lieutenants face the rare prospect of...
- Wayne Parsons | September 29, 2009 1:00 AM |
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Workplace Discrimination
JEFF WINTERS - Guest Contributor
Last year there were 24,582 age discrimination cases received by the EEOC (The Federal Equal Opportunity Employment Commission). The Employment Act of 1967...
- Wayne Parsons | September 25, 2009 7:36 PM |
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Medical Malpractice
My story on the current health care and tort reform debate it became clear to me that nothing and no one in this country can stand up to the insurance industry. Not President Obama even with a...
- Wayne Parsons | September 25, 2009 2:16 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsIn a front-page story, the New York Times (9/25, A1, Harris, Halbfinger) reports that the FDA released a report Thursday that said four New Jersey congressmen and its own former commissioner unduly...
- Wayne Parsons | September 23, 2009 2:34 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsUSA Today (9/23, Rubin) reports that on Tuesday, the FDA banned the sale of candy-, fruit- and clove-flavored cigarettes. The move was authorized by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control...
- Wayne Parsons | September 20, 2009 12:01 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsYou were injured in an automobile accident and you have decided to consult with an attorney. The 13-point list below is what you need to bring in for your first interview.
This article continues...
- Wayne Parsons | September 19, 2009 4:42 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsWhy did Michael Davison die at 49 in Kona? He was minding his own business and being responsible. His SUV was slammed by a run-away trailer carrying canoes.
I described it as a freak accident. I...
- Wayne Parsons | September 18, 2009 4:27 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeThe AP (9/18) reports that on Thursday the Obama Administration announced $25 million in grants for states and health care systems to experiment with alternatives to costly medical malpractice...
- Wayne Parsons | September 17, 2009 2:53 PM |
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Medical MalpracticePresident Obama needs the support of all of us in regard to the efforts by the insurance industry to sneak tort reform into the health care bill before Congress. No back room deals with the...
- Wayne Parsons | September 16, 2009 10:18 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution (9/16, Rankin) reports on the case of a 75-year-old Marietta, Georgia, woman who was permanently disfigured after complications from facial surgery, noting that her...
- Wayne Parsons | September 15, 2009 3:11 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeEveryone knows that medical malpractice limitations supported by the insurance industry and doctors won't affect health insurance premiums at all. The California legislature passed a cap on damages...
- Wayne Parsons | September 14, 2009 3:36 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeThe AP (9/14) reports, President Barack Obama began a week that will dwell heavily on overhauling the health care system, declaring himself confident Congress will pass 'a good health care bill'...
- Wayne Parsons | September 14, 2009 2:12 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsRob Shikina of the Honolulu Star Bulletin reports that it appears that Tatiana Beasley was driving the car that crashed on Moanalua Freeway on July 19, 2009. Ms. Beasley was found outside of the...
- Wayne Parsons | September 14, 2009 3:59 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsYour car is now stopped and you are sitting inside, shocked and hurt, after a collision on the highway. What do you do? What do you need to know? What do you say? Okay, stay calm and take a deep...
- Wayne Parsons | September 12, 2009 2:13 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsJOSH MITCHELL of the Wall Street Journal writes that federal funding for interstate highways across the country is in trouble: Highway-Bill Passage This Fall Is Unlikely. Recent articles have...
- Wayne Parsons | September 10, 2009 3:23 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeThe AP (9/10) reports that in his speech before a joint session of Congress last night pushing his ideas for healthcare reform, President Obama said that he wants to look at a 'range of ideas' to...
- Wayne Parsons | September 10, 2009 2:55 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsOne of my pet peeves is potholes. How about you, readers? Any of you like potholes? Catch a 6-inch deep 2 foot wide pothole at 45 mph and you'll feel $45 slip out of your wallet on car maintenance...
- Wayne Parsons | September 09, 2009 3:27 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsI just read the report, “Future Mobility in Hawaii: Meeting the State’s Need for Safe and Efficient Mobility,” and it does not bode well for those of us who use Hawaii Highways and...
- Wayne Parsons | September 09, 2009 4:20 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsAidon Ng, 5-years-old, is dead today. I sadly wrote about his death in an article yesterday: Was the Death of 5-Year-Old Aidon Ng Due To A Seat-back Failure?
KITV News reports today...
- Wayne Parsons | September 08, 2009 2:10 PM |
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MiscellaneousLaw.com (9/8, Wise) reports, A finding of 'subjective bad faith' is not a prerequisite for an award of attorney fees in a dismissed market manipulation case subject to a 1995 law designed to curb...
- Wayne Parsons | September 08, 2009 2:00 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsMake a note: zonulin _ a mysterious human protein _ is a molecule in the human body called haptoglobin 2 precursor. According to a science news story University of Maryland researchers have found...
- Wayne Parsons | September 07, 2009 5:10 PM |
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Automobile Accidents Jesse Mahelona
Football season has just started and Hawaii is football paradise. I'm a football fan and follow the talented local athletes who play in College and the Pros. Today we all are sad to...
- Wayne Parsons | September 07, 2009 4:27 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsDeadly automobile accidents continue to plague the Big Island roads. Our condolences go out to the family of a 49-year-old California man who was killed on Sunday in a freak accident on Queen...
- Wayne Parsons | September 07, 2009 3:24 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsWhy do people die in car crashes? Some answers are easy. Some are hidden from view.
I imagine myself tonight with the Ng family in Waimea.
Three family members are dead. My wife died last year. I...
- Wayne Parsons | September 06, 2009 3:28 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsLet take the off ramp on the H-1 Interstate Highway and cut through Downtown Honolulu over to the Iwilei area and Nimitz Highway. For the past wek a group of Injury Board affiliates across the...
- Wayne Parsons | September 05, 2009 7:44 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsWarfarin (also marketed as Coumadin, Jantoven, Marevan, Lawarin, and Waran) first hit the market in 1948. Back then, though, it was not an anticoagulant; it was rat poison. It didn’t take long...
- Wayne Parsons | September 05, 2009 7:32 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsI wrote extensively about the Chinese Drywall defects in homes throughout the Southeastern United States when the story broke earlier this year:
Drywall From China Causes Concern Over Sulfur Odor...
- Wayne Parsons | September 03, 2009 4:09 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsToday I am looking at the drivers who cause the injury and death that plagues our interstate highways from Hawaii to North Carolina and everywhere between. Getting inside the head of the bad drivers...
- Wayne Parsons | September 02, 2009 6:00 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe Los Angeles Times (9/1, Hennigan) reports, Toyota spent years concealing evidence from victims of hundreds of rollover accidents that resulted in death and injury, a former top lawyer for the...
- Wayne Parsons | September 02, 2009 5:28 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeNow is our time to fight for our freedom.
Freedom from the CFO's of Big Insurance.
Feedom from the rich and politically corrupt medical establishment. Every time I think about that I wonder why...
- Wayne Parsons | September 02, 2009 3:47 AM |
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Medical Malpractice
A New Hearst Investigation Reports 200,000 Preventable, Fatal Medical Errors and Infections in Hospitals Each Year.
12 Tips to Prevent Them.
By Martine Ehrenclou, MA
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- Wayne Parsons | September 01, 2009 4:36 PM |
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MiscellaneousAs the Labor day weekend approaches police across the nation are cracking down on drunk driving. Those of us who see the tragic results of dangerous driving behavior support the police and hope that...