For years, drivers on the old Red Road in lower Puna, the coastal highway running from Kalapana to Kapoho, have been treated to such unusual sights as jugglers practicing their craft on the sea cliffs and unicyclists pedaling unsteadily on … Continued
The Hawai`i Supreme Court agreed last month to hear arguments on whether the University of Hawai`i should have prepared a full environmental impact statement for its Haleakala High Altitude Observatory Site master plan — a plan the state Department of … Continued
No one saw it coming. Not the Hawai`i County Planning Department, which had given its blessing to the 7,500-square-foot house being built by Scott Watson and his partner, mainland attorney Gary Olimpia, on the Pepe`ekeo coast a few miles north … 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
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
Chemical Endocrine Disruptors Object Of State-UH Study in Kane`ohe Bay The state Division of Aquatic Resources, an arm of the Department of Land and Natural Resources, and the Hawai`i Institute of Marine Biology will soon begin sampling Kane`ohe Bay water … Continued