AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS

Shim & Chang has represented hundreds of clients who have suffered personal injuries in automobile, truck, bus, moped, bike and pedestrian accidents in Hawaii.  While many personal injury lawyers can handle most automobile accidents, it takes an experienced lawyer to handle those where the injuries are catastrophic, i.e. paraplegia, quadriplegia, brain damage and death.

In our thirty years of experience, Shim & Chang has discovered that many of these catastrophic accidents involve irresponsible or intoxicated drivers who either have no insurance or very little.  As a result, Shim & Chang has learned to look elsewhere for other liable parties and sources of recovery.  We hire experts to reconstruct the accident, biomechanics to tell us if there are any defects in the vehicle, and highway traffic engineers to search for hazardous conditions in the road or roadside.  As a result, we have been very successful in helping clients who’ve suffered devastating injuries in automobile accidents.

DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS

We are surrounded by manufactured products. The car we drive, our oven, washing machine, appliances, even foods and medications are products. Hawaii law holds a manufacturer and/or distributor liable for any product defect that results in injury to a consumer.

Shim & Chang has successfully represented hundreds of clients who have been injured by defective products.

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE

The Shim & Chang law firm is committed to representing patients injured as a result of the negligence of doctors, nurses, clinics, and hospitals. Our community deserves better and safer medical care. By representing severely injured patients, we can hold medical providers to a safer and higher standard of care, which ultimately will benefit everyone.

SWIMMING POOL AND BEACH

Swimming pools account for the most serious injuries, some resulting in death. Swimming pools are dangerous. In Hawaii, there are pools everywhere, in homes, hotel, condominiums, apartments and community centers. Every child or adult is at risk whenever they jump, dive or swim in a pool, especially one that does not comply with swimming pool safety and design standards. In addition to drowning, people have also become quadriplegics after diving into and striking their head against the bottom of the pool.

We at Shim Chang have over thirty years of swimming pool and drowning experience in Hawaii. We have successfully represented families who have lost loved ones in various swimming pool and beach accidents in Hawaii.

SLIP AND FALL ACCIDENTS

Some personal injury attorneys do not handle slip and fall cases. We do. Here at Shim & Chang, we've handled many slip, trip and misstep accidents. What most people don't realize is that people don't fall for no reason. There's usually something wrong with their footwear and/or the walking surface. The person who slips does so either because the sole of their footwear or the walking surface was not slip-resistant, or it is a combination of both.

Shim & Chang has obtained successful outcomes for many clients

WORKPLACE ACCIDENTS

Hawaii law requires owners of premises, general contractors and sub-contractors to provide a safe place to work for all employees. In addition, all equipment rented or furnished must be in good working order and in a reasonably safe condition.

Unfortunately, this is not always the case; and workers have been killed, electrocuted and/or seriously injured as a result.

Shim & Chang has handled hundreds of workplace accident cases over the years.

OTHER ACCIDENTS

In addition to the personal injury fields listed separately, we at Shim & Chang have represented clients for personal injuries that have occurred in many other fields. These are some of the areas of our experience:

ENVIRONMENTAL

Shim & Chang has represented various clients injured due to mold damage.

PROPERTY DAMAGE

Shim & Chang, for years, has represented homeowners who suffered major property damage and loss of homes due to landslides. Multi-million dollar settlements were reached for these homeowners.

MARITIME

Shim & Chang has also had extensive experience in water sports, boating and maritime cases.

AVIATION

Shim & Chang has also represented clients in airplane and helicopter accidents.

DOG BITES

In the past 30 years, Shim & Chang has represented many people injured by dogs in Hawaii.