Hawaii Personal Injury Lawyers
Leavitt Yamane & Soldner
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Pacific Guardian Center, Mauka Tower 737 Bishop Street, Suite 1740 Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 USA |
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(808) 537-2525
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(808) 521-7749
www.lyslaw.com
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Leavitt, Yamane, & Soldner provides legal services specializing in Hawaii personal injury cases involving car accidents, drunk driving, as well as brain and spinal cord injuries. At our personal injury law firm in Honolulu, our highly skilled and experienced team of personal injury attorneys can help you with your unique situation, ensuring that your rights are upheld, your compensation is appropriate, and your path to recovery is as smooth as possible.
We promise to aggressively and honestly handle your personal injury claim to ensure that you are justly compensated. The lawyers and staff of our personal injury law firm in Honolulu, Hawaii will fight against the injustice that has interrupted your life. Since 1971, our personal injury office is conveniently located in the Pacific Guardian Center Complex in downtown Honolulu. Although we are based on Oahu, our practice spans all the islands.
Practice Areas
Additional Practice Areas: Drunk Driving Accidents; Injuries to Children; Injuries to Tourists; Governmental Liability
Practice Areas Description
Leavitt, Yamane, & Soldner provides legal representation on the following areas of personal injury:- Car Accident
Auto accident law is a complex area of litigation, and victims of car accidents can benefit from the guidance and support of Leavitt, Yamane & Soldner. If you or a member of your family have been involved in a car accident in Honolulu or anywhere else in Hawaii, our experienced attorneys can help. We have successfully settled and litigated the following types of cases related to car accidents: Personal injury; Brain Injury; Spinal Cord Injury; Burn Injury; Truck Accident; Motorcycle Accident; Bicycle Accident.
- Traumatic Brain Injury
Traumatic brain injuries usually result from a sudden impact. Car accidents are Honolulu’s leading cause of traumatic brain injury, followed by falls and physical violence. Other causes can include slip-and-fall accidents, sports activities, and work-related accidents. Our lawyers know that a vast majority of brain injury accidents are preventable and are the result of another party’s reckless, careless, and negligent behavior. A brain injury can be one of the most debilitating and difficult injuries to overcome. Our Honolulu, Hawaii-based traumatic brain injury lawyers have helped victims recover both financially and emotionally from life-changing injuries.
- Spinal Cord Injury
If you or someone you love in the Honolulu-area or elsewhere in Hawaii has suffered a debilitating spinal cord injury, the lawyers at Leavitt Yamane & Soldner can offer the expert legal advice essential to settling your case. Severe spinal injuries are irreversible and can lead to life-long paralysis. The importance of finding a legal remedy to such a serious situation cannot be overemphasized. Victims who have been injured due to another’s negligence deserve compensation, especially when the recovery is as arduous and costly as that involved with spinal cord injuries.
- Birth Injury
The families of Honolulu, Hawaii victims of medical malpractice that resulted in cerebral palsy or other birth injuries should seek the assistance of our skilled and experienced attorneys. Successful litigation of a birth injury case can provide you and your family with the financial assistance necessary to help your injured child lead a full and rewarding life. Currently there are no cures for cerebral palsy; however, it can be managed with diligent health care. Our Honolulu, Hawaii cerebral palsy attorneys want to ensure that your child receives every potentially beneficial therapy, mobility aid, and communication assistance modern medicine can provide.
- Burn Injury
The skin is the largest organ of the body, the scarring of which can lead to an array of short-term and long-term physical ailments. If you have been the unfortunate victim of light burns, thermal burns, chemical burns, or radiation burns due to another’s negligence, you deserve compensation. If the burn injury occurred as a result of an auto accident, defective product, or on private or public property, you are also protected by the law. The lawyers of Leavitt Yamane & Soldner can help remedy your situation so that you and your family can get back on your feet.
- Drunk Driving Accident
Drunk driving accidents involve many complicating factors. The role of alcohol in the accident can change the case’s legal proceedings from civil to criminal, drawing victims and intoxicated drivers alike into the complex maze of the criminal justice system. For decades, the drunk driving accident attorneys at the Honolulu law firm of Leavitt Yamane & Soldner have helped protect the rights of DUI accident victims. Our attorneys represent drunk driving cases in a variety of capacities. We will protect your rights as a victim of this most heinous type of car accident and do everything in our power to ensure justice is served.
- Pedestrian Accident
Determining fault in a pedestrian accident that causes an injury is a complicated process that hinges primarily on proving the negligence and liability of each party. Drivers, pedestrians, and property owners each have a responsibility to protect personal safety by regarding crosswalks, traffic controls, oncoming traffic, and premises safety. Generally, the driver in a car accident is most responsible for taking the “last clear chance” to avoid striking pedestrians. However, the city can be liable for poorly marked intersections, chaotic traffic flow, obstructions to visibility, and unkempt premises. Parents of children who dart into traffic and pedestrians who fail to recognize crosswalks and other traffic regulations can also be held liable. Any drunk driving related pedestrian accident presents an especially complicated set of circumstances that require expert legal counsel.
- Dog Bite
In Honolulu and elsewhere in Hawaii, dog bite and animal attack victims that have enlisted attorneys can file a claim for the animal’s first attack. The animal’s owner or keeper, the parents of an injured child, and possibly the owner of the property where the attack occurred can face liability laws. Most states, including Hawaii, have “dog bite laws” that hold owners strictly liable for injuries whether or not the owner was actually at fault. Property owners must exercise reasonable care to control pets or give warning about animals known to be on their property. Animal attack cases have a specific statute of limitations in each state. In Hawaii, you have two years after the attack to file a claim in court; however, the statute is only six months in the city and county of Honolulu. When a dog bite or animal attack causes injury or death, the attorneys at Leavitt Yamane & Soldner can help you meet the appropriate time limitations for your area.
- Medical Malpractice
Medical malpractice, also known as medical negligence, means a health care provider caused an injury or death to a patient by failing to act in accordance with a reasonable standard of care. Not only are our attorneys possessed of sound legal knowledge, experience, and judgment, but they are also intimately familiar with the health care profession, insurance companies, and medical science. Typical medical malpractice claims include lawsuits brought against health institutions and/or physicians, and tend to cover the following situations: Surgical Negligence; Birth Injury; Anesthesia Malpractice; Contaminated Blood; Prognosis Misdiagnosis; Injury from Prescription Drugs / Overdose.
- Wrongful Death
Wrongful death cases are civil suits brought by survivors who were dependent on the deceased for financial or emotional support. Civil suits differ from criminal murder cases in their standard of proof, damages sought, and role of the victim’s family in pressing charges. Since the process of litigation in cases of wrongful death can be overwhelming and confusing, having gifted attorneys on your side is absolutely imperative. Our Honolulu-based wrongful death lawyers will determine whether you have a case, help you meet Hawaii’s statute of limitations, interview witnesses, help you collect documents, choose the best litigation strategy, and protect you from the defendant’s insurance company.
- Product Liability
In Honolulu, product liability represents the area of law that addresses the legal responsibility of the manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer of a product for injuries resulting from dangerous and defective products. Nearly every product manufactured, grown, assembled, driven, or flown is subject to the law. Defective products are defined as those that are unreasonably dangerous for their intended use. Our Honolulu product liability lawyers have successfully represented an array of cases involving defective products and will take the time necessary to fully understand the intricate nature of your case. In a product liability claim, plaintiffs and lawyers must show that a distributor or manufacturer failed to exercise reasonable care in the process of manufacturing or selling a product, resulting in an injury to the plaintiff. Negligence is a very broad term and can include the failure to anticipate probable uses of their product, failure to issue proper warnings, failure to inspect adequately, and more.
- Premises Liability
We have successfully represented numerous clients who have sustained serious personal injury or wrongful death resulting from: Architectural/ structural design flaws; Slip and fall; Unsafe condition in the workplace or public areas; Environmental safety hazards; Improper traffic patterns; Falls from equipment; Unsafe stairs, elevator, escalators; Food-borne illness, improper hygiene and food-handling; Failure to provide security. If you or someone you love has been seriously injured due to the negligence of a property owner, you need to entrust your case to a a law firm with experience and a record of success in handling premises liability cases. The attorneys of Leavitt Yamane & Soldner understand the intricacies of premises liability law.
- Governmental Liability
If you were involved in a motor vehicle accident, bicycle accident, or pedestrian accident because of an unsafe road condition or as a result of a government employee’s negligent or reckless actions, it may be possible to file a civil claim against the City, County, or State of Hawaii. Instances involving defective traffic signals, unsafe road conditions, downed trees, negligent employees, and other such hazards can create liability for the City and County or the State of Hawaii. At our Honolulu, Hawaii law office, an auto accident lawyer can provide attorney services to you and your family so that you can make educated and sound decisions regarding a course of action. We have an unwavering commitment to protecting victims’ rights and we are dedicated to helping individuals obtain just and fair financial compensation for their suffering.
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Mr. James T. Leavitt
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