John D. Webber, ka mea kuleana ma Graham Lundberg Peschel, ua loaʻa iā ia kahi palena kulekele $2 miliona no James A. Chamness, 42 makahiki, he kamaʻāina ʻo Snohomish County i ʻeha nui i kahi ulia lāʻau i ka makahiki 2010 ma Skagit County. Ua haʻaheo mākou e pani iā Mr. Chamness a kōkua iā ia ma kona ala e hoʻōla ai. Makemake mākou e kaʻana like i kāna moʻolelo.
NĀ ʻIKE O KA ULIA
Ma ʻOkakopa 13, 2010, ua hana ʻo James Chamness ma ke ʻano he mea ʻoki lāʻau no Hornbeck Cutting, Inc., ma kahi kahua ʻoki lāʻau i kapa ʻia ʻo "Deers Danger CH" ma Skagit County. Washington. Ua hoʻolimalima ʻo Frank Harkness Trucking & Logging, LLC, ma ke ʻano he ʻaelike laulā, iā Hornbeck e ʻoki i ka lāʻau ma kahi o Deers Danger. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Harkness i kahi ʻaelike lawelawe hōʻiliʻili me ka Washington Ke Keʻena o nā Kumuwaiwai Kūlohelohe e ʻohi, wehe a lawe i ka lāʻau mai kahi o Deers Danger.
ʻO Mr. Chamness a me kekahi hoa hana e ʻoki ana i ka lāʻau ma kahi o 12:45 pm, a ua kokoke e hoʻopau i ka hana no ka lā. Ua ʻoki ke hoa hana i hoʻokahi lāʻau hope loa i hāʻule a kuʻi iā Mr. Chamness, e kuʻi ana i ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o kona kino i ka lepo a hōʻeha nui a mau loa. Ua paʻa ʻo Mr. Chamness ma lalo o ka lāʻau i kua ʻia no nā hola ma mua o ka lawe ʻia ʻana e nā limahana lapaʻau ulia pōpilikia.
Pono ke Makai Nui o ke Kalana ʻo Skagit a me nā limahana lapaʻau ulia pōpilikia e hana i ka hana paʻakikī o ka hāpai ʻana iā Mr. Chamness he 300 iwilei i luna o kahi pali kiʻekiʻe i kahi e hiki ai ke hoʻouka ʻia i loko o kahi kaʻa. A laila ua lawe ʻia ʻo ia i kahi e hiki ai i kahi helikopter ke pae a lawe iā ia i HarborviewMedicalCenter ma Seattle.
HŌʻULUʻULU PŌKOLE O NĀ ʻEHA HOʻOMALU NUI
He kanaka kūikawā ʻo James Chamness a ʻaʻole loa e like kona ola ma hope o nā hanana weliweli i wehe ʻia ma ʻOkakopa 13, 2010. Ua puka ʻo ia mai ke Kula Kiʻekiʻe ʻo Arlington i ka makahiki 1988, a ua hele koke ʻo ia e hana ma ka ʻoihana lāʻau, kahi ʻoihana āna i loaʻa ai a hiki i ka manawa o ka ulia ma ʻOkakopa 13, 2010. Ua loaʻa iā Mr. Chamness nā ʻeha koʻikoʻi a mau loa e like me:
- Ka haki ʻana o ka humerus ʻākau
- Palapala manu
- ʻEha hāmama o ka puhaka
- ʻEha hāmama o ka ʻūhā ʻākau a me ka ʻūhā
- ʻOki ʻia ka wāwae ʻākau ma lalo o ke kuli me 8 mau ʻokiʻoki a me ke kūpono no kahi prosthetic
- Ka maʻi hoʻoponopono me ka hopohopo
- ʻEha ka plexus brachial ʻākau,
- ʻEha nui ka lima ʻākau me nā ʻoki kino he nui i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hoʻōla i ka lima. Ua nalowale ʻo ia i ka hana 100% o kona ʻaoʻao luna ʻākau, a pono paha e ʻoki ʻia ka ʻaoʻao.
NĀ PILI KŪʻĒ A ME KA UHI ʻINIKUA
ʻO ke kī i ka holomua o GLP me kēia hihia, ʻo ia ko mākou hiki ke noiʻi a hoʻopili i nā kānāwai paʻakikī e pili ana i ke kuleana no nā ulia pōpilikia ma ka wahi hana a me nā kānāwai e pili ana i ka hoʻopili ʻana o nā papa he nui o ka uhi ʻinikua kuleana no kahi pohō nui, e like me ka hōʻike ʻia ʻana iā mākou me ka hihia o Mr. Chamness.
malalo o ka Washington Hihia o ka ʻAha Hoʻokolokolo Kiʻekiʻe ʻO Stute e kūʻē iā PMBC, 114 Wn.2d 454, 788 P.2d 545 (1990), ʻo ka mea hana hana nui (ma kēia hihia ʻo Frank Harkness Trucking & Logging) he kuleana palekana ma ka wahi hana i hāʻawi ʻole ʻia a nona ke kuleana hope loa no ka palekana a me ke olakino hana ma ka wahi hana. Ke hana nei ʻo Harkness ma ke ʻano he mea hana hana nui ma ka wahi Deers Danger ma lalo o kahi Stute loiloi ("Stute kānāwai").
Ua hiki iā GLP ke hoʻokumu i ka pili ʻana o ke kānāwai Stute ma kēia hihia ma ka hōʻike ʻana i kēlā Washington Ua hoʻonui nā ʻaha hoʻokolokolo i ke kānāwai ma mua o nā mea hana ʻaelike maʻamau i nā ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe i lawa ka like e hoʻāpono ai i ke kau ʻana i ke kuleana kānāwai.
Ua ʻike mākou he $1 miliona wale nō ka ʻinikua kuleana palena o Harkness. Aia kekahi kulekele ʻinikua kuleana lua i loaʻa ma o Hornbeck Cutting. Ua hiki iā mākou ke loaʻa i ka $1 miliona hou ma lalo o ke kānāwai ʻaelike ʻinikua a me kahi ʻaelike uku ʻinikua i kau inoa ʻia ma waena o Harkness lāua ʻo Hornbeck. ʻO ka huina o ka hoʻoponopono ʻana o $2 miliona e hōʻike ana i nā palena kulekele āpau i loaʻa.
