May 01, 2025
A Hawaii federal judge preserved a tenant's claims that he was effectively evicted from his home when a landlord failed to identify or warn of water contamination caused by leaks in 2021 at a U.S. Navy fuel storage facility on Pearl Harbor.
January 25, 2024
Two Hawaii-based landlords are asking a federal judge to throw out three putative class actions from tenants who allege the property owners failed to mitigate nearby water contamination, saying their leases contain mandatory arbitration clauses.
January 05, 2024
Rental home residents in Honolulu have accused their housing operators of failing to mitigate the amount of fuel-contaminated water that the tenants claim caused them illness and distress, or alert them of the problem, according to a handful of putative class actions the companies have removed to federal court.