How to calculate Treble Damages in Hawaii

Hawaii treble damages rules

This source-backed guide covers US-HI treble damages authority (Haw. Rev. Stat. § 480-13(b)(1) (Hawaii UDAP — consumer treble damages: $1,000 minimum or 3x actual damages, whichever greater; elder plaintiff alternative $5,000 minimum or 3x)). It explains how to read the calculator's multiplier output and points to the controlling Hawaii multiplier statutes.

What the output means

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When the calculator shows a multiplier result, read it as a statutory multiplier on the base damages figure, not as a separate damages category.

• Base damages stay the same until the multiplier is applied.
• The statutory multiplier changes the total by the rule-specified factor.
• Any cap, exception, or carve-out still controls if the statute says it does.

Hawaii rule notes

Statutory multiplier

Haw. Rev. Stat. § 480-13(b)(1) (Hawaii UDAP — consumer treble damages: $1,000 minimum or 3x actual damages, whichever greater; elder plaintiff alternative $5,000 minimum or 3x) governs the treble (multiple) damages rule for US-HI.

480-13(b)(1). §480-13 Suits by persons injured; amount of recovery, injunctions. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), any person who is injured in the person's business or property by reason of anything forbidden or declared unlawful by this chapter: (1) May sue for damages sustained by the person, and, if the judgment is for the plaintiff, the plaintiff shall be awarded a sum not less than $1,000 or threefold damages by the plaintiff sustained, whichever sum is the greater, and reasonable attorney's fees together with the costs of suit; provided that indirect purchasers injured by an illegal

What changes the result most

• The base damages input, because the multiplier applies to that number.
• The statutory multiplier itself, because 2x, 3x, and 4x produce different totals.
• Any cap or carve-out in the statute, because it can limit the multiplied amount.

Use the calculator

DocketMath's treble-damages calculator can model multiplier outcomes once you identify the controlling statute and whether a cap or exception applies. Use the source panel for the verified primary-source rule.

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Sources

• 480-13(b)(1) — Haw. Rev. Stat. § 480-13(b)(1) (Hawaii UDAP — consumer treble damages: $1,000 minimum or 3x actual damages, whichever greater; elder plaintiff alternative $5,000 minimum or 3x)

All sources are official primary law published by www.capitol.hawaii.gov.

Corroboration method: government_primary_source_direct_fetch.