Wrongful Death

Honolulu, Maui, Kauai & Hawaii Wrongful Death Attorney

After a fatal automobile or other accident, surviving family members face a number of overlapping and overwhelming burdens, with grief and loss at the top of the list. Other urgent challenges can seem like just too much to bear: funeral and burial decisions, emergency and intensive care medical bills related to the catastrophic injury which killed the victim, probate issues, and readjustment of family responsibilities and routines.

Many wives, husbands, children, and parents come to our law office looking for more than help with these very important matters. They also have a burning need for answers to why and how their loved one was killed — and who is ultimately responsible. Contact Cronin, Fried, Sekiya, Kekina & Fairbanks in Hawaii to schedule a preliminary consultation regarding a potential wrongful death lawsuit, a powerful tool for uncovering the truth about the fatal accident.

Does the Victim's Age and Occupation Matter?

Typically, insurance companies "value" the worth of a deceased person's life to his or her family in terms of financial contributions to the family. Therefore, according to their calculations, the loss of a bread-winning, primary wage earner is greater in terms of dollars and cents, than a homemaker, a retired person, or a young teenager. Our wrongful death lawyers understand the magnitude of intangible losses known as "pain and suffering, companionship, consortium, and other non-economic damages."

We fight long and hard to ensure that families are compensated for the loss of companionship of a loved one, such as the child who was killed when a whale-watching boat collided with the whale due to the captain's inattention. Replacement of lost wages of a bread-winner is of course critically important to a family who was dependent on the victim's income. But other losses, such as psychological trauma of survivors, must not be ignored.

See news articles about other wrongful death cases that our law firm has successfully handled.

Contact a Honolulu and Hawaii wrongful death lawyer to schedule a meeting to discuss your potential claim or lawsuit after an accidental fatality has robbed your family of a precious loved one.

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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Tour bus company settles collision suit
4th March 2010 -- Star Bulletin

Family of woman killed by falling branch files suit
31st July 2009 -- Star Bulletin

Injured Biker Sues Tour Bus Company
05-15-2009 -- Honolulu Advertiser

Advertiser Veteran’s family gets $800,000
6th November, 2008 -- Honolulu Advertiser

Passion for tennis leads Fried, Keaunui to Hall
26th September, 2008 -- Honolulu Advertiser

Customs accused of faking records
10th September, 2008 -- Honolulu Advertiser

Parents file suit in death of baby
9th September, 2008 -- Honolulu Advertiser

Couple settles suit for $9.5 million
24th June, 2008 -- Honolulu Advertiser

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