Price Gouging: What can you do to protect your community?
After disasters like the Eaton fire, communities rely on essential goods and services to recover—food, housing, medical supplies, and more. When businesses exploit these vulnerable times by inflating prices, it
A young couple and their unborn daughter died tragically while snorkeling in full-face snorkel masks off the coast of Maui on September 14, 2024. Many other people have died under similar circumstances since 2014, when full-face masks entered the market.
Renters harmed by the Maui Fires may find themselves feeling left behind. While homeowners have the ability to file real property claims with their insurance, renters who lost everything in a fire may feel they have nothing. However, Maui Fire
Full face snorkel masks might be the common thread amongst an increasing number of drowning deaths in Hawai’i.
The alarm was sounded on full-face snorkeling masks in 2017, when a woman waded into calm waters off the coast of Hawai’i,
As is typical after a wildfire, insurers are requiring survivors to submit detailed “personal property inventories” listing the property they lost in the Maui Wildfire before paying Lahaina homeowners the limits of their personal property coverage. Preparing the inventories can
In times like these, survivors are grappling with the aftermath, and your compassion can make a difference in their lives. Often, finding clear guidance on how to assist can be frustrating, leading to moments of discouragement. Your willingness to offer
There are things that Maui wildfire survivors can do right now to help make the recovery process easier. Once you and your loved ones are out of imminent danger, you should immediately contact your insurance company, make a plan for
Looks as though Hawai’ian Electric Company is legally responsible for the Maui Wildfire. After all, it:
In June 2023, DuPont, Chemours, Corteva and 3M Company put up more than $13 billion to settle AFFF actions (Aqueous Film Forming Foams.) These settlements pertain only to 600 Public Water Systems. The settlements are subject to approval by Judge
It depends. A New Jersey School district paid $9.1 million to parents of bullied student, Mallory Grossman who died by suicide in 2017. See news report here.
But most states do not allow recovery in cases of death by
