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Judiciary Postpones Jury Trials Until Nov. 16

Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald has issued a first extension of an order postponing jury trials across the state through Nov. 16, 2021. This order was issued in response to the current status of COVID-19 cases in the community. 

Hawai‘i Judiciary Postpones Jury Trials Until Oct. 4

Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald ordered that jury trials across the state be postponed through Oct. 4, 2021. The order was issued in response to the recent surge of COVID-19 cases in the community.

Guilty Verdict Handed Down in Maui Tesoro Arson

Brandon Oania, 33, was found guilty on Monday of first degree arson for setting fire to a gas pump at the Tesoro Gas Express in Kahului last year.

Trial ordered in death of Maui inmate at Lahaina cell block

A federal judge has ordered a jury trial in the suit alleging the wrongful death of an inmate who died while in police custody on Maui.  47-year-old Dennis Wereb died September 28, 2008 while being held at the two-cell Lahaina station.  Wereb was arrested for terroristic threatening after police received a report that a man […]

Maui Files Suit Claiming it was Stranded with $44 Million in Debt Securities

By Wendy Osher The County of Maui is demanding a jury trial in a lawsuit it filed last week against Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc. The county claims it was stranded with $44.2 million in debt instruments when the firm abandoned its practice of supporting auctions for the SLARS or Student Loan Auction […]