HRS §663-1
Who is responsible for injuries and how to sue
This law says that anyone in Hawaii is personally responsible for harm they cause to others or their property, whether directly or indirectly. It also covers harm caused by their children, their orders, or their animals. The injured person can sue in court.
everyone
The statute, as written — Torts, who may sue and for what
Except as otherwise provided, all persons residing or being in the State shall be personally responsible in damages, for trespass or injury, whether direct or consequential, to the person or property of others, or to their spouses or reciprocal beneficiaries, children under majority, or wards, by such offending party, or the offending party's child under majority, or by the offending party's command, or by the offending party's animals, domestic or wild; and the party aggrieved may prosecute therefor in the proper courts. [CC 1859, §1125; RL 1925, §2365; RL 1935, §4049; RL 1945, §10485; RL 1955, §246-1; HRS §663-1; am L 1972, c 144, §2(a) and c 189, §1; gen ch 1985; am L 1997, c 383, §65]
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