Whiplash settlement value guide for Hawaii
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Published October 22, 2025 • Updated May 16, 2026 • By DocketMath Team
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Hawaii comparative fault rule
The controlling primary authority for US-HI damages allocation authority (Haw. Rev. Stat. § 663-31) is 663-31.
663-31. COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE Law Journals and Reviews Tort and Insurance "Reform" in a Common Law Court. 14 UH L. Rev. 55 (1992). §663-31 Contributory negligence no bar; comparative negligence; findings of fact and special verdicts. (a) Contributory negligence shall not bar recovery in any action by any person or the person's legal representative to recover damages for negligence resulting in death or in injury to person or property, if such negligence was not greater than the negligence of the person or in the case of m
Source-backed allocation summary
US-HI damages allocation controlling authority under Haw. Rev. Stat. § 663-31.
This source-backed page does not certify limitation periods, damages caps, case-law exceptions, or calculator formula assumptions beyond the quoted statutory allocation rule.
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Sources
All sources are official primary law published by www.capitol.hawaii.gov.
Corroboration method: government_primary_source_direct_fetch.