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HRS §490:1-305

Courts should give full remedies to injured parties

This section says courts should apply the remedies in this chapter broadly to make the injured party whole, as if the other side had fully performed. But you cannot get extra or punishment damages unless another law specifically allows them. Any right or duty in this chapter can be enforced in court unless the chapter says otherwise.

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The statute, as written — Remedies to be liberally administered

(a) The remedies provided by this chapter shall be liberally administered so that the aggrieved party is put in as good a position as if the other party had fully performed but neither consequential or special damages nor penal damages may be had except as specifically provided in this chapter or by other rule of law. (b) Any right or obligation declared by this chapter is enforceable by action unless the provision declaring it specifies a different and limited effect.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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