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About Hawaii Brain Injury Lawyer, Hawaii Attorney Wm Lawson
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Maui, Kauai, Lanai and Big Island Brain Injury Claims
Over the years Brain Injury Lawyer Hawaii William H. Lawson
has vigorously and competently represented
clients for matters on all islands in the State of Hawaii while
maintaining a high degree of contact and communication with
our clients by phone, by email and by regular mail.
In
order to maintain prompt contact- every
effort is made to respond to communications the day
that they occur. For our Outer Island clients with
Maui, Kauai, Hawaii and Outer Island claims- we have
frequently advanced the costs of travel for depositions and
client conferences here in Honolulu. Frequently, an attorney
will also visit you on your home island to travel with you
to the accident scene and/or to see and record the impact of the
injuries on your life.
Handling an Outer Island injury claim from a main office in Honolulu
does not pose any significant challenges to a timely and successful
prosecution of the claim. Regardless of which island an accident
takes place on, the investigative workup of the
case usually will be done by local investigators hired by this office.
Photos, videos, statements and the like will be gathered by a
local investigative firm familiar with the accident scene and the tendencies
of the people in that area. Once that is completed, there may be
expert witness workup of the facts and circumstances of the case.
Although there are competent expert witnesses in many fields on the
outer islands, for the most part the experienced and highly qualified
experts are located on the island of Oahu. Hence, there is generally
a slight time and costs savings when working with an expert witness
on an Outer Island case if the attorney is located in Honolulu.
Once the proper workup has been done, efforts to settle
the claim with the applicable insurance companies often require
high level negotiations with management of the insurer.
The
adjuster generally does not have authority to commit the insurer
to a reasonable value on most settlements. Hence, the real
nuts and bolts negotiation on most insurance settlements takes
place right here in Honolulu- with your attorney and often the insurance
adjuster both trying to get the insurer's management to come
through with a reasonable value to settle a case. In short, it is
often an advantage to have a Honolulu attorney when settlement
negotiations are taking place.
Should the matter proceed to trial, our office has successfully handled
personal injury arbitrations and trials for Maui, Kauai, Hawaii and
other Outer Island claims. If we need to go to trial on an
outer island, Brain Injury Lawyer Hawaii William H. Lawson
has done so and is prepared to do so again. Alternatively,
should it be necessary, we
have also co-counseled with attorneys on Maui, Kauai, Hawaii and
other Outer Islands and we are prepared to do so again in an
appropriate situation.
Summary
In short, our law firm is experienced at handling personal injury and accident claims for
people located on Maui, Kauai, Hawaii and the other Outer Islands. It poses
no significant challenges- and has several offsetting benefits- for the attorney
to be usually be located in Honolulu. As mentioned
on our "About Us" page, our office has represented clients from
almost all of the different States of the United States as well as
many people from other countries. Please consider letting our
office assist you on your Maui, Kauai, Hawaii or
other Outer Island case.
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Brain Injury Lawyer Hawaii
William Lawson, Esq.
Century Square
1188 Bishop St. Suite 2902
Honolulu, HI 96813
New client hotline:
(808) 524-5300
Main business phone:
(808) 528-2525

Hawaii Brain Injury- Current News & Articles
In the Louisiana case of Domingue v. Allied Discount Tire and Brake, Inc., 849 So. 2d 690 (La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2003), the court ruled that a plaintiff's financial inability to obtain medical treatment can be given as a valid reason for delaying treatment after an accident claim arises. In that case the plaintiff failed to obtain treatment until three years after his accident, but explained that the delay was due to his financial inability to pay for recommended treatment. See, also, Etheridge v. St. Paul Mercury Ins. Co., 814 So. 2d 119 (La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 2002) [continuing to work after an accident may be reasonable]. Hopefully, Hawaii's courts will also find that the expenses of the treatment and the plaintiff's financial condition are proper considerations in determining the reasonableness of the plaintiff’s failure to obtain treatment.
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