Honolulu lawyer urges victims to file suit over sub accident

Honolulu lawyer urges victims to file suit over sub accident

HONOLULU, United States - Jay Friedheim, a Honolulu-based lawyer, urged Feb. 23 that the families of those missing from on board a Japanese high school fishery training ship sunk by a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine file a lawsuit against the U.S. government to clarify what caused the Feb. 9 accident. Friedheim, 51, said that doing so will help verify the credibility of U.S. Navy investigations.

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