HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Eight years after filing a wrongful death lawsuit, the siblings of Peter Boy Kema are preparing for settlement talks with the state, though their attorney says the two sides remain far apart on what the Hawaii Island boy’s life was worth.
A settlement conference is scheduled for July 26. If talks fail, his siblings are prepared to go to trial in September, which would force them to relive the most painful details of his death.
Peter Boy Kema, affectionately called Pepe by his family, was happiest in his grandparents’ home in Kona. All the children were safe there…