A commentary on insurance coverage issues in Hawaii and beyond
The Vermont Law Review has published an article authored by Damon Key bloggers, Robert Thomas, Mark Murakami and me on the Supreme Court's "judicial takings" case from last term. See Of Woodchucks and Prune Yards: A View of Judicial Takings From the Trenches, 35 Vt. L. Rev. 437 (2010).
Our article discusses the…
We survived another year. We've reached the three year anniversary of insurancelawhawaii.com. We appreciate the increasing number of visits to our site and the various comments being submitted.
No doubt, blogging is a time-consuming venture, as we seek to maintain content that is fresh and updated. Blogging is not a bad learning tool, however, as we attempt to keep abreast of insurance issues…
Thanks to the Health Express, a blog addressing health and medical information, for informing us we are among the Top 50 Health Insurance Blogs [post here]. The Health Express post states, "Hawaiian clients benefit from the expertise and diverse backgrounds of this Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert blog."
Thanks for the notice and
An upcoming article in the Pace Law Review will address the use of social networking in insurance and worker's compensation litigation. The abstract and draft article are here. The article addresses the intersection of professional responsibility, discovery, privacy, and evidence with social networking in state workers’ compensation systems.
Thanks to the authors…
Be sure to check out my Damon Key colleague's, Rebecca Copeland, new blog on appellate practice here [http://recordonappeal.typepad.com]. Rebecca will highlight current cases, events and topics in the area of appellate law. Rebecca launches her new blog today.
On a typical day, we hope there are only a few insurance-related blogs out there in cyberspace. The less the competition, the greater the chance the reader will come our way.
But today, let there be multitudes of insurance blogs, layers and layers of them. Among the "hundreds" of insurance blogs out there…
The Damon Key bloggers have teamed again to draft an essay on Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection, No. 08-22 (June 17, 2010). The article, authored primarily by Robert Thomas, (inversecomdemnation.com), with some assistance from Mark Murakami (hawaiioceanlaw.com) and me, gives our impressions and thoughts…
Our article, entitled “Getting Around LHWCA’s Exclusive Remedy Roadblock – Employee’s Claims Against Employer and Insurer for Intentional Torts,” has been published by Coverage, a periodical circulated to members of the ABA’s Section of Litigation, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee. My Damon Key blogging colleague, Mark Murakami (hawaiioceanlaw.com), and I teamed to author the article…
The Supreme Court issued its opinion this morning in Stop the Beach Renourishment v. Florida Department of Environmental Protection. The Court decided eight to zero that the Florida Supreme Court did not effect a judicial taking because the Florida law of accretion took into account that the littoral owners right to accretion was always…
The Hawai`i Supreme Court seeks comments regarding proposed changes to the Hawai`i Rules of Appellate Procedure. [revised rules here]. The major change would allow electronic filing.
The Court invites public comment on the changes until Thursday, June 24, 2010. Comments may be mailed to the Judiciary Public Affairs Office at 417 South King Street…
