Construction Accidents/ Personal Injury - Hawaii

Construction Accidents and Injuries- Hawaii

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William H. Lawson, Attorney at Law

1188 Bishop St.
Suite 2902
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
Phone: (808) 524-5300 New Client Hotline
Phone: (808) 528-2525 Main Business Line

The Deadline to File a Construction Accident Claim

The deadline for filing most construction accident claims in court in Hawaii is two (2) years from the date when the victim was exposed to the danger AND the injuries resulted therefrom. Some statutes appear to indicate that there is also a maximum limit of six (6) years from the date of the alleged negligence in which to file a professional malpractice claim against an architect, a structural engineer, etc.

Claim Information

A construction accident claim may arise in a number of different ways.

One contractor may conduct its business in a dangerous or negligent fashion giving rise to injuries to others- such as a property owner or the employees of a different contractor. (Under Hawaii law if the contractor's employees themselves are injured, this would generally give rise to a workers' compensation claim and not an independent construction accident claim.) A property owner may fail to warn of dangerous conditions on its property and this may cause an employee of a contractor to be injured. A contractor may be using equipment which is dangerous or defective and which causes injury to a worker or to a propery owner.

Examples of Construction Accident Claims

Some examples of construction accident claims are:

Dangerous construction equipment having inadequate safety devices or warnings

Cave-ins, sink holes, collapsing excavations, etc.

Falls due to failures to barricade or warn

A property owner's failure to warn of known dangerous conditions on the property

A structure which collapses

Injuries to the employees of one contractor caused by the activities of a different contractor

Our office charges on a CONTINGENCY FEE basis in accident cases which we accept. There is NO CHARGE for an initial consultation to evaluate your case. E-mail us or call us at (808) 524-5300 or (808) 528-2525 if you have any more questions.

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Types of Cases
Car Accidents- Hawaii - Defective Products Liability- Hawaii
Ocean, Boating, Shipping, Maritime Accidents- Hawaii
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Hawaii Personal Injury and Accident Law News and Cases
In January of 2009 HEMIC, a Hawaii insurer, was punished for deliberately failing to promptly pay the claim of an 80-year-old woman who had to rely on handouts from neighbors to survive after the company failed to honor her claim. A Kauai judge, Randal Valenciano, ordered HEMIC to pay $325,000, including an extra $250,000 in punitive damages, for not timely paying the workers' compensation claim of the Venezualan woman arising out of the death of her daughter - upon whom she was dependent for support. "They tried to lay low and hope the claim would go away" according to one of the attorneys involved in the case - a common insurance company tactic. Ordonez v. Hawaii Employers' Mutual Insurance Co., Circuit Court of the Fifth Circuit, Kauai, Hawaii, Civil No. 5CC06-1-000138 (court minute order filed 1/16/2009).

Types of Accidents- (links to www.accidentlawyerhawaii.com)
(Note: for Types of Motor Vehicle Accidents- see below)
Defective products liability- Hawaii Ocean, boating & maritime accidents- Hawaii Construction & equipment accidents- Hawaii Recreational accidents- Hawaii Electrical accidents- Hawaii Elevator accidents- Hawaii Explosion accidents- Hawaii Bad Faith Insurance claims- Hawaii Medical & professional malpractice- Hawaii Dog bites, animal attacks- Hawaii Swimming pool accidents- Hawaii Fall accidents- Trip, Slip- Hawaii

Types of Injuries- (links to www.injurylawyerhawaii.com)
Brain and Head Injuries- Hawaii Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI)- Hawaii Catastrophic Injury Claims- Hawaii Wrongful Death Claims- Hawaii Drowning Accidents- Hawaii Broken Bone Injuries- Hawaii Spinal Disk | Disc Injuries- Hawaii Burn Injuries - Hawaii

Types of Motor Vehicle Accidents- (links to www.caraccidentattorneyhawaii.com)
Car accidents- Hawaii Drunk driver accidents- Hawaii Truck and bus accidents- Hawaii Moped and pedestrian accidents- Hawaii Auto claims and insurance- Hawaii Motorcycle claims & insurance- Hawaii Property damage claims- Hawaii