Posts tagged vehicle

• Hawaii is significantly reducing automobile accident deaths

  Wayne Parsons | August 09, 2011 12:26 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The 6,618 automobile fatalities in the first quarter of 2011 are a grim reminder of the importance of safe driving. The National Hawaii Traffic Safety Adminstration (NHTSA) reports that deaths...

• Hawaii Consumer Alert: GM and Isuzu Truck Recall Raises Concerns Because Bailout Eliminates Product Liability Claims For Injury or death

  Wayne Parsons | August 06, 2009 5:41 PM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In a report in U.S. News & World Report a pickup truck recall is initiated by automakers. A brake light defect in General Motors trucks could lead to an an accident. GM is recalling about...

• Puna Man Dies in All Terrain Vehicle Rollover - Are ATV's and UTV's Dangerous?

  Wayne Parsons | April 27, 2009 4:32 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  On Sunday March 8, 2009 a 49-year-old Puna man was killed while riding his ATV in Hawaiian Acres subdivision in Puna on the Big Island. Robert Texeira of Kurtistown was riding a Suzuki King Quad...

• Save Lives And Keep Defective Vehicles Off the Road With Court Imposed National Database

  Wayne Parsons | September 23, 2008 4:20 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Public Citizen reports that: "The 16-year wait for a national database that will allow car buyers to determine whether a vehicle has been stolen or rebuilt after a wreck is almost over. In an...

• Motorcyle and Car Collide in Waipahu

  Shannon Weidemann | May 07, 2007 9:46 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A motorcyle carrying a driver and passenger collided with a Toyota Corolla on Farrington Highway in Waipahu, Honolulu. The accident happened Friday April 27th. All three of the people involved in the motorcyle-car accident are from Waipahu. According to police, the crash happened at 11:27 p.m., 216 feet west of Awamoku Street, when an eastbound yellow 2002 Suzuki motorcycle driven by a...

• Honolulu Man Dies in Car Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | April 18, 2007 10:10 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 34-year-old man driving a Jeep on Mauna Kea Access Road in Hilo went off the road, down an embankment and flipped over. The driver was killed. The driver's 31-year-old wife was taken to the Queen's Medical Center to be treated for her injuries. A 33-year-old woman from Japan also died. Police are withholding her name pending positive identification and notification of her next of kin....

• 17-Year-Old Arrested in Fatal Car Crash

  Shannon Weidemann | January 24, 2007 10:33 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Two women died in the car crash along Kalaniana'ole Highway Saturday night. Michelle Benevedes, age 39, and Racquel Akau, age 38, were turning from Inoa'ole Street in a 1990 Honda Accord when they were hit by a 1997 Ford Explorer SUV. Both women, who were cousins, died at the scene. The SUV had two 17-year-olds in it. Both tried to flee from police following the accident. One was...

• Death in the Family - What Can We Do About It?

  Wayne Parsons | June 25, 2006 10:28 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Your family is shocked by the sudden death of a loved one. The cause of death involves an automobile, truck, bus or other motor vehicle. As you attempt to recover emotionally from the tragedy, precious time is passing that may allow the the party responsible to escape from responsibility for what they did to your family. The evidence is slipping away and sometimes the guilty party is actively...

• Auto Insurance

  Wayne Parsons | June 20, 2006 9:54 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Did you know that your auto insurance policy provides medical coverage for injuries that you suffer in an auto collison or auto accident? This very important part of your insurance policy is relatively unexpensive and the basic "minimum" is not adequate to cover your medical bills in the event of a serious injury. Personal Injury coverage, often referred to as Personal Injury Protection (PIP),...

• What Is My Case Worth?

  Wayne Parsons | June 13, 2006 11:09 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  You are injured by the negligence of someone else and you wonder what is a fair settlement. How do you find out? If you have an attorney representing you, how can you know if he or she is correct in their assessment of the value of your case? First let us look at what you can recover in an injury case. First, you can recover for your out of pocket losses: lost wages, medical expenses, property...