Hawaii Revised Statutes
663. Tort Actions
663-8.7 Limitation on pain and suffering.

§663-8.7 Limitation on pain and suffering. Damages recoverable for pain and suffering as defined in section 663-8.5 shall be limited to a maximum award of $375,000; provided that this limitation shall not apply to tort actions enumerated in section 663-10.9(2). [L Sp 1986, c 2, §20; am L 1989, c 300, §2; am L 1991, c 62, §1; am L 1993, c 238, §1; am L 1995, c 130, §1]
Law Journals and Reviews
Medical Malpractice in Hawai €˜i: Tort Crisis or Crisis of Medical Errors? 30 UH L. Rev. 167 (2007).
Kanahele v. Han: Economic Sufferings Legally Implies Non-Economic Sufferings. 34 UH L. Rev. 611 (2012).

Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes

Hawaii Revised Statutes

Title 36. Civil Remedies and Defenses and Special Proceedings

663. Tort Actions

663-1 Torts, who may sue and for what.

663-1.2 Tort liability for breach of contract; punitive damages.

663-1.3 "Ad damnum" clause prohibited.

663-1.4 Payment of reasonable attorney's fees and costs in defense of suit.

663-1.5 Exception to liability.

663-1.6 Duty to assist.

663-1.7 Professional society; peer review committee; ethics committee; hospital or clinic quality assurance committee; no liability; exceptions.

663-1.8 Chiropractic society; peer review committee; no liability; exceptions.

663-1.9 Exception to liability for health care provider, authorized person withdrawing blood or urine at the direction of a police officer.

663-1.52 REPEALED.

663-1.53 Liability for operation of a family child care home.

663-1.54 Recreational activity liability. (a) Any person who owns or operates a business providing recreational activities to the public, such as, without limitation, scuba or skin diving, sky diving, bicycle tours, and mountain climbing, shall exerc...

663-1.55 Volunteer firefighters; limited liability.

663-1.56 Conclusive presumptions relating to duty of public entities to warn of dangers at public beach parks.

663-1.57 Owner to felon; limited liability. (a) An owner, including but not limited to a public entity, of any estate or any other interest in real property, whether possessory or nonpossessory, or any agent of the owner lawfully on the premises by c...

663-1.95 Employers' job reference immunity. (a) An employer that provides to a prospective employer information or opinion about a current or former employee's job performance is presumed to be acting in good faith and shall have a qualified immunity...

663-2 Defense of lawful detention.

663-3 Death by wrongful act.

663-4 Actions which survive death of wrongdoer or other person liable.

663-5 Death of defendant, continuance of action.

663-6 Death of wrongdoer or other person liable prior to suit, time for commencing action against the estate.

663-7 Survival of cause of action.

663-8 Damages, future earnings.

663-8.3 Loss or impairment of earning capacity; damages.

663-8.5 Noneconomic damages; defined.

663-8.7 Limitation on pain and suffering.

663-8.9 Serious emotional distress arising from property damage; cause of action abolished; exception for physical injury.

663-9 Liability of animal owners.

663-9.1 Exception of animal owners to civil liability.

663-9.5 Liability of firearm owners.

663-10 Collateral sources; protection for liens and rights of subrogation.

663-10.5 Government entity as a tortfeasor; abolition of joint and several liability. (a) Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, including but not limited to sections 663-10.9, 663-11 to 663-13, 663-16, 663-17, and 663-31, in any case where a...

663-10.6 Exemption for providing shelter and subsistence to the needy.

663-10.7 Exemption for providing emergency access to land, shelter, and subsistence during a disaster.

663-10.9 Abolition of joint and several liability; exceptions.

663-10.95 Motorsports facilities; waiver of liability.

663-10.98 Design professional liability; highways.

663-10.99 Trespass; limited liability of agricultural land owner.

663-11 Joint tortfeasors defined.

663-12 Right of contribution; accrual; pro rata share.

663-13 Judgment against one tortfeasor.

663-14 and 663-15 REPEALED.

663-15.5 Release; joint tortfeasors; co-obligors; good faith settlement.

663-16 Indemnity.

663-17 Third-party practice; enforcement of right to contribution; unnamed defendants and third-party defendants.

663-21 Advance payments not admission.

663-22 Reduction of award.

663-23 Refund of payments.

663-24 Effect on insurance.

663-31 Contributory negligence no bar; comparative negligence; findings of fact and special verdicts.

663-41 Right of action.

663-42 Subrogation claims denied.

663-51 Definitions.

663-52 Conclusive presumptions relating to duty of public entities to warn of dangers on improved public lands.