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How much is permanent hand numbness after a Waipahu crash worth?

A Waipahu accountant with hand numbness after a crash can have a real injury case even when the fight is over whether the wreck was work-related and whether a defective part made it worse.

ARTICLE by Brandon Silva

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

unscheduled injury

The part that trips people up most is that "unscheduled" does not mean minor, unofficial, or uncovered. It usually means the injury is not one of the body parts or losses...

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

temporary partial disability

The worst-case mistake is going back to work too soon, earning less because of your injury, and not realizing there may be a wage-loss benefit that covers part of that gap....

i got rear-ended in Pearl City and now they want me to settle before my head is right

A Pearl City parent with lingering post-concussion symptoms after a school-dropoff crash needs to know what a settlement really covers, what gets carved out first, and why settling before treatment is approved can go very badly.

ARTICLE by Susan Watanabe

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...

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

independent medical exam

An independent medical exam can directly affect wage-loss benefits, medical treatment approval, and the overall value of a claim. If the examiner says an injury is less...

scheduled injury

What gets labeled a scheduled injury can directly affect how much money is paid and how predictable a workers' compensation claim becomes. When an injury falls into this...

temporary total disability

People often confuse temporary total disability with temporary partial disability. Temporary total disability means an injured person cannot work at all for a limited period...