[§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).