Newswatch
By Star-Bulletin Staff
Thursday, April 18, 1996
Her lawyer would not disclose details of the settlement.
According to court documents, the 38-year-old Diagnostic Laboratories employee contracted the virus after withdrawing blood from a patient who had AIDS. She was trying to dispose of the needle when she accidentally stuck herself in the finger.
The woman, who now has AIDS, says Queen's did not maintain safe work conditions. Queen's contended the woman's carelessness caused the injury.
The hospital also questioned whether she had acquired the disease through the needle.
A federal grand jury has indicted Honolulu tax attorney Richard Frunzi and Maui health consultant Henry Blakley for their roles in an alleged scheme to launder more than $400,000 in illegal drug proceeds.
The funds ended up in the bank accounts of Hale Nani Partners, which is seeking to develop an outpatient surgery center on Maui.
Blakley and Frunzi are shareholders of Evets, Ltd., which owns 80 percent of Hale Nani Partners. Former state House Speaker Daniel Kihano, also an Evets shareholder, was not named in the indictment.
Kihano's attorney, Ben Cassiday, said this should put to rest any rumors that Kihano had a role in the alleged conspiracy. "The message is clear," he said.
Georgette Kido, 30, was arraigned on manslaughter and criminal property damage charges in Circuit Court. She allegedly caused the death of 37-year-old Lynne Lindquist when she assaulted Lindquist at the Palolo Recreation Center after a women's softball game March 31.
Kido remains in custody at the Oahu Community Correctional Center with bail set at $105,000. Trial date was set for the week of June 17.
The owner, 32, was not injured, police said.
He had gone outside to empty some rubbish about 3:45 p.m. when two men followed him back into the Kappo Aoki restaurant and asked to see a menu.
When he told them the restaurant wasn't open yet, they asked for a job application. When he told them he wasn't hiring, one of the men pulled out a silver-colored semiautomatic handgun and made the owner lie on the floor before removing his wallet, police said. The other man also carried a small black semiautomatic, the owner told police.
The robbers then locked the owner in a bathroom and searched the kitchen and utility area, police said. They fled with cash from two money bags in the kitchen.
Police received a call about the fire at Lower Kula Road at about 5 p.m., Sgt. Sterling Kiyota said. The fire was extinguished in 51 minutes, officials said.
The fire burned beams in the back of the gym but did not destroy the gym, a fire official said. Officials said the fire started beneath the gym, where the girl allegedly was burning papers.
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