What’s Tying Up $4B Settlement for Hawaii Wildfire Victims February 11, 2025 By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Hawaii’s Supreme Court heard arguments last week over insurance issues that are tying up a potential $4 billion settlement over...
Hawaii Wildfire Victims Spared From Testifying After Deal Over $4B Settlement January 31, 2025 By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Lawyers representing victims of a deadly Hawaii wildfire reached a last-minute deal averting a trial that was scheduled to begin...
Deadly Accident Has Hawaii Officials Asking to End Amateur Fireworks Shows January 6, 2025 By Audrey McAvoy, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and Gene Johnson In recent years, occasions large and small — parties, Super Bowls, mixed martial arts fights, even Thanksgiving — have provided...
NTSB: Turbulence Hit Hawaiian Air Flight Due to Decision to Fly Over Storm Cell December 17, 2024 By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher A Hawaiian Airlines flight crew’s decision to fly over a hazardous storm cell instead of deviating around it was the...
Hawaii High Court Agrees to Weigh in on Issues Holding up $4B Wildfire Settlement October 1, 2024 By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Hawaii’s Supreme Court will consider questions about issues that threaten to thwart a $4 billion settlement in last year’s devastating...
Toxic Debris from Hawaii Wildfire Could Fill 5 Football Fields 5 Stories Deep September 10, 2024 By Claire Rush and Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Hinano Rodrigues remembers being 4 or 5 years old, carrying a bucket across a highway to the ocean in the...
Judge to Ask Hawaii Supreme Court About Barriers to $4B Wildfire Settlement September 4, 2024 By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher The Hawaii Supreme Court will be asked to weigh in on an issue that threatens to thwart a $4 billion...
Tropical Storm Hone Sweeps Past Hawaii; Rain Amounts Ease Wildfire Fears August 27, 2024 By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and Julie Walker Hone passed south of Hawaii and weakened from a hurricane to a tropical storm on Sunday, dumping so much rain...
Judge Bars Insurers From Going After Defendants Who Agreed to $4B Maui Wildfire Settlement August 15, 2024 By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher A Maui judge’s ruling resolves a critical roadblock to finalizing a $4 billion wildfire settlement: Insurance companies who have paid...
‘We’re Going to Survive and It’s Going to Come Back’: A Year After Maui Wildfire, Survivors Press on August 7, 2024 By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and Audrey McAvoy They have combed the ashes for mementos, worried about where they would sleep, questioned their faith and tried to find...