Hawaii · Death claim: who can ask for help?
Death claim: who can ask for help?
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| Filing deadline | 2 years from date of deathHRS § 663-3 |
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Deadlines vary with the facts of each case. A lawyer can confirm yours.
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01 · Your filing deadline
What is the deadline in Hawaii?
Hawaii: 2 years from date of death A lawyer can confirm yours.
Source: HRS § 663-3
Deadlines vary; a lawyer can confirm yours. An older diagnosis or a past filing window does not, by itself, establish whether you have a claim.
02 · Where cases are heard
Where would my case be heard?
Hawaii allows 2 years to file a wrongful death claim and imposes no cap on wrongful death damages. Hawaii's tourism industry and significant construction activity generate wrongful death cases involving out-of-state decedents, creating complex cross-state legal issues for affected families.
Hawaii Revised Statutes § 663-3 governs wrongful death claims. Hawaii imposes no cap on wrongful death damages. Hawaii's wrongful death cases often involve tourist fatalities — drownings, helicopter tour crashes, and vehicle accidents involving out-of-state visitors — creating complex issues of which state's law applies to damages and SOL. Honolulu Circuit Court handles the majority of Hawaii wrongful death filings.
How this works nationally
For the overall process and updates, read the Death claim: who can ask for help? overview. This page covers the local information available for Hawaii.
What happens when I check?
You answer a few short questions about what happened. If you send them, your answers are kept on file. If a participating law firm takes these cases, it may contact you. People's Justice is not a law firm.
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- HRS § 663-3