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Repetitive Strain Injuries for Hotel Housekeepers

Repetitive-strain injuries in Hawaii hotel work do count, and the fact that your symptoms seemed manageable for years before suddenly getting worse does not automatically kill your workers' comp claim.

ARTICLE by Grace Santos

Kailua-Kona salon injury, surgery, and no workers comp - now the owner says it's "not their policy"

A salon worker in Kailua-Kona gets hurt on the job, needs shoulder surgery, and then finds out the employer never carried the workers' comp coverage Hawaii requires.

ARTICLE by Brandon Silva

A temporary or permanent change in job tasks that lets an employee keep working while avoiding duties their injury or medical condition makes unsafe. Light duty usually means...

My boss says my bad back kills the claim - does it?

A Kaneohe seasonal farm worker fell from a ladder, got told his back was already bad, and now the insurer wants a release that could wipe out future claims tied to the same accident.

ARTICLE by Amy Chang

arising out of employment

The part that trips people up most is that being hurt at work is not always enough. For an injury to be "arising out of employment," there must be a real link between the job...

Six months after that Waipahu Uber crash, your jaw still clicks - is the clock already running out?

A Waipahu Uber passenger thought the airbag just left bruising, then months later learned the crash caused facial fractures and a jaw injury, and now the deadline is a mess.

ARTICLE by Grace Santos

Protecting a Third-Party Claim Beyond Workers' Comp

The biggest mistakes after a Hawaii construction hand injury are the fast, ordinary-looking ones that wipe out leverage before you realize someone besides your employer may be on the hook.

ARTICLE by Derek Kahunahana

My Kona flagger got hit in road work and says he'll sue me now what?

The costliest mistake is not reporting it immediately and telling the worker to use regular health insurance or "wait and see." That can turn one claim into a much uglier one....

Miss that Honolulu notice deadline and a "small" Kaneohe crash gets ugly fast

A delayed brain bleed after a minor Kaneohe crash can turn into a brutal paperwork fight fast, especially if a city or state agency may be on the hook.

ARTICLE by Susan Watanabe

Kailua-Kona boss says he'll call immigration if I report my chemical burn what now?

What the insurance company does not want you to know is this: in Hawaii, a job injury claim does not disappear because of your immigration status. Before you know that, the...

my neighbor's dog tore up my arm in Kaneohe and now every insurer is acting like the surgery is optional

A Kaneohe construction worker with a serious dog-mauling injury can get boxed in by insurers pushing "conservative treatment" while fighting over which policy should pay.

ARTICLE by Brandon Silva

Two years later, that Kahului parking lot fall is still wrecking your route

A delivery driver in Kahului got hurt in a parking lot fall, PT was cut off fast, and now the real fight is proving the property owner and insurer don't get to blame the delay on him.

ARTICLE by Grace Santos

Pearl City stair fall and a missed deadline can wreck a real case

A Pearl City nursing home attendant fell on apartment stairs with broken lighting and no handrail, then learned too late that injury claims have deadlines.

ARTICLE by Grace Santos

Husband got burned at a Kaneohe plant and now someone's filming us

A private investigator can legally film a lot more than most families expect after a serious work injury, but that does not mean the footage tells the truth.

ARTICLE by Susan Watanabe

cumulative trauma

People often confuse cumulative trauma with a single-incident injury, and the difference matters. A single-incident injury happens at one identifiable moment, like a fall, a...

The part that trips people up most is this: taking lighter work after an injury does not automatically mean you are "fine," and refusing it does not always protect your...

My grandkid got hurt at Pearl City school obstacle course what do I do?

What the insurance company does not want you to know is this: the worst-case mistake is waiting. If you go home, hope the pain eases, and let the school "handle it," the broken...

Your Pearl City roof fall case may die before your back heals

A roof fall in Pearl City can turn into a hard deadline problem fast, and if the two-year clock is almost up, waiting gets dangerous.

ARTICLE by Grace Santos

going and coming rule

Were you hurt while traveling to or from work, and now wondering whether workers' comp covers it? The going and coming rule is the general rule that injuries suffered during an...

Waipahu crash claim: your doctor says torn labrum, Instagram says otherwise

A sore shoulder that turns into a torn labrum weeks later can still be part of the crash claim in Hawaii, but social media can wreck the argument if the timeline looks sloppy.

ARTICLE by Susan Watanabe