October Trial Date for Deadly Hawaii Dam Breach A tentative trial date has been set for a retired car dealer from Hawaii charged in the deaths of seven people swept from their homes after a century-old earthen dam broke on his property upstream. Prosecutors and attorneys for James Pflueger have agreed to begin the trial Oct. 1. The Garden Island (http://bit.ly/xNuq1K) reported Friday the 85-year-old Pflueger did not appear in court for the hearing. Manslaughter charges were upheld in June. Pflueger is accused of altering his property in a way that caused a Kauai dam to give way on March 14, 2006. He has pleaded not guilty to seven counts of manslaughter. Attorneys anticipate the trial to last six to eight weeks.