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John D. Thomas Jr. 
Honolulu, Hawaii
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phone (808) 524-1433
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John D. Thomas, Jr. joined the firm in 1980. He has practiced law for over 30 years. Mr. Thomas has lectured at legal seminars for attorneys and has authored a chapter in the Hawaii Motor Vehicle Collision Manual published in Hawaii in 1990. He was appointed by the Chief Justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court to the State of Hawaii Rules of Evidence Committee, and has been a committee member since 1993. Mr. Thomas was chair of the Hawaii Tort Law Study Committee from 1997 to 1999. Mr. Thomas has developed an emphasis in medical negligence cases and has been trial counsel for some of the largest medical malpractice cases in Hawaii.

Year Joined Organization:
1980
Areas of Practice:
Automobile
Aviation
Medical Malpractice
Personal Injury
Products Liability
Litigation Percentage:
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Hawaii, 1974
California, 1973
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1973
U.S. Supreme Court, 1987
Education:
University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley, California, 1973
J.D.


Princeton University, 1970
A.B.


Representative Cases:
McKenzie v. Hawaii Permanente Med. Group, 98 Hawaii 296, 47 P.3d 1209 (2002)
Hirahara v. Tanaka, 87 Hawaii 460, 959 P.2d 830 (1998)
Jenkins v. Whittaker Corp., 551 F.Supp. 110, 545 F.Supp. 1117 (D.C. Hawaii 1982)
Shibuya v. Architects Hawaii Ltd., 65 Haw. 26, 647 P.2d 276 (1982)
Calvin v. Limco Ltd., 60 Haw. 154, 587 P.2d 1216 (1978)
Turner v. Willis, 59 Haw. 319, 582 P.2d 710 (1978)
Classes/Seminars Taught:
Lectured, Legal Seminars for Attorneys


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Hawaii State Bar Association


Hawaii Federal Bar Association


American Bar Association


State Bar of California


Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii


American Association for Justice


American Board of Trial Advocates


Hawaii Tort Law Study Committee, 1997 - 1999
Chair


Verdicts & Settlements

Confidential Xerox worker shot in workplace mass murder

Confidential Child killed when boat hits whale

Confidential Financial services executive

Confidential Insurance industry executive

$1 billion State Tobacco litigation (consortium of Hawaii and mainland law firms)

$67 million Defective asbestos building material

$63 million Repair and replacement of asbestos building material in state buildings

$27.7 million Chevron gasoline tank fire kills two workers

$20 million Unsafe agricultural chemical

$20 million Chemical contamination of drinking water

$16.5 million Childbirth Malpractice

$13 million Paralysis in rear-end collision

$13 million Defective automobile design

$13 million Construction site fire burns workers

$13 million Paralysis in head-on collision

$12 million Defective agricultural chemical

$8 million Childbirth malpractice

$8 million Hospital error resulting in brain damage

$7 million Paralysis when hit by a truck

$6.5 million Highway construction accident

$6 million Head injury in trucking accident

$5.5 million Military hospital malpractice

$4.8 million Defective diet supplement

$4.8 million Prescription pill complication

$4.3 million Emergency Room malpractice

$4.3 million Defective prescription medicine

$4 million Improper spinal injury treatment

$3.5 million Tourist hit by delivery truck

$3.5 million Family rear-ended by truck

$3.5 million Private airplane crash

$3.4 million Hotel defect accident

$3-4 million University president (settlement depends on future benefit payments)

$3 million Singapore tramway accident

$3 million Defective military ordnance

$3 million Helicopter crash in South China Sea

$3 million Executive killed on business trip

$3 million Helicopter hit by missile

$3 million Failure to properly diagnose condition

$3 million Scenic tramway accident

$2.8 million Helicopter crash

$2.7 million Defective automobile design

$2.5 million Anesthesia malpractice

$2.5 million Bicycle accident with roadway defect

$2.5 million Bicycle collision with defective trailer

$2.3 million Dangerous medical vaccine

$2.1 million Plane crashes into hotel

$2 million Saipan airplane crash

$2 million Defective industrial equipment

$2 million Oil facility fire

$2 million Forklift accident on docks

$2 million Industrial plant equipment accident

$2 million Surgical malpractice

$2 million Manila Hotel fire

$2 million Pedestrian hit in crosswalk

$2 million Tourist hit by semi-truck

$2 million Collision of two trucks

$2 million Accident caused by racer

$2 million Seaplane crash

$1.8 million Long shore worker accident

$1.8 million Electrical malfunction

$1.7 million Decompression chamber incident

$1.5 million Massachusetts car accident

$1.4 million Scuba accident

$1.4 million Japanese citizen hit by crashing plane

$1.3 million Helicopter crash

$1.3 million Helicopter mechanical failure

$1.3 million Defective construction equipment

$1.3 million Sports equipment malfunction

$1.2 million Police helicopter crash

$1.2 million Defective sports equipment

$1.1 million Northern Marianas LPG gas fire

$1.1 million Defective vaccine

$1 million Swine Flu shot complication

$1 million Defective fireworks

$1 million Catamaran accident

$1 million Fireworks malfunction

$1 million Hot water heater accident

$850,000 Scuba diving accident

$800,000 Scuba lesson accident

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