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Martindale Hubbell - AV rated lawyer - Best Rating Possible

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National Trial Lawyers - Top 100 Trial Lawyers

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American Society of Legal Advocates - Top 100 - 2015

Marquis' Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in America and Who's Who in American Law

AVVO Clients' Choice Personal Injury Lawyer

American Society of Legal Advocates - Top 100 - 2017

Best Attorneys in America - Life Charter Member

Hawaii law relies upon a family member actually witnessing an accident as the primary factor in triggering separate "per person" limits for emotional distress claims by a bystander to a catastrophic accident. Without that proximity, a family member's emotional distress claim is considered a derivative claim and is apparently limited to the same insurance policy limits (BI, UM or UIM) that apply to the injured person's claim. In the recent case of Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Co. v. Dennison, (Haw Sup. Ct. No. 24975) (October 11, 2005) this bystander requirement was held to preclude a separate insurance policy limit for the ED claims of a father who came upon his son's accident scene within minutes and actually saw his son being wheeled away on a stretcher to a medivac helicopter.

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In Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California, No. 16-466 (June 19, 2017), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a state court does not generally have specific personal jurisdiction to entertain class-action claims by non-resident plaintiffs against a company headquartered outside of the forum state (here Bristol-Myers Squibb was not based in California). In future class action claims against nationwide corporate defendants, it appears that the U.S. Supreme Court is generally requiring piecemeal litigation in each state where a plaintiff was injured, instead of allowing for a single consolidated class action in a single state court lawsuit.

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