For the more than a year, Douglas Meller has been complaining to the state Department of Land and Natural Resources about the dozens – and sometimes hundreds – of unoccupied beach chairs he regularly sees on the beaches fronting Fort … Continued
By the time it reached Hawai`i island, Hurricane Iselle was barely hanging on to its status as a hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 74 miles per hour. And yet it managed to turn large swaths of the rural district … Continued
Dibromochloropropane was invented in Hawai`i, and it continued to be used on pineapple fields in the state for years after the Environmental Protection Agency banned it elsewhere in the United States. Despite that, there seems to have been just one … Continued
A lawsuit filed nearly two decades ago is finally going to be heard by the Hawai`i Supreme Court. And although the case has received little local publicity, it is part of a series of lawsuits around the country that pit … Continued
What follows is the synopsis of the Patrickson case before the Hawai`i Supreme Court prepared by Judiciary personnel: Litigation in this case involves the nematicide dibromochloropropane (DBCP), which Plaintiffs alleged caused damage to their reproductive systems. The instant case has … Continued
On her web page, attorney Andrea E. Neuman boasts of her knock-out court victories in several prominent lawsuits brought against her corporate clients, including Dole Food. Neuman, a partner with the white-shoe New York law firm of Gibson, Dunn & … Continued
When it comes to the arcana of American jurisprudence, the cases alleging Central American worker injury as a result of DBCP exposure provide a good introduction. There you will find such unusual tactics as impleadings, claims of forum non conveniens … Continued
Posted 11/26/2014 The Hawai`i Supreme Court has issued its long-awaited decision in the `Aina Le`a case. For those needing a reminder, that case involves the development of about 1,000 acres of land near Waikoloa, in the Big Island district of … Continued
A Navy official blamed poor workmanship and poor quality control during routine repairs for the 27,000-gallon leak in January of jet fuel from a tank at the military’s Red Hill fuel facility. Even so, he assured a state task force investigating … Continued
“We’ve gotta smoke ’em out.” So said Kitty Simonds, executive di rector of the Western Pacific Fishery Man agemen Council, in the moments following the council’s approval last month of a range of measures intended to address overfishing of bigeye … Continued