propriety doctrine in Hawaii

2005The court described the status of punitive damages law in Hawai'i as follows: In Bright v. Quinn, 20 Haw. 504, 511 (1911), we declared that “while the propriety of the doctrine has been questioned, it is now too well established to admit of argument that in actions of tort punitive damages may, under certain circumstances, be awarded in addition to such sum as the plaintiff may be found entitled to purely by way of compensation for his injuries and suffering.” We went on to describe the aggravated conduct on the part of the defendant which must be established in order to justify an award of pu

2005The court described the status of punitive damages law in Hawai'i as follows: In Bright v. Quinn, 20 Haw. 504, 511 (1911), we declared that “while the propriety of the doctrine has been questioned, it is now too well established to admit of argument that in actions of tort punitive damages may, under certain circumstances, be awarded in addition to such sum as the plaintiff may be found entitled to purely by way of compensation for his injuries and suffering.” We went on to describe the aggravated conduct on the part of the defendant which must be established in order to justify an award of pu

2005The court described the status of punitive damages law in Hawai'i as follows: In Bright v. Quinn, 20 Haw. 504, 511 (1911), we declared that “while the propriety of the doctrine has been questioned, it is now too well established to admit of argument that in actions of tort punitive damages may, under certain circumstances, be awarded in addition to such sum as the plaintiff may be found entitled to purely by way of compensation for his injuries and suffering.” We went on to describe the aggravated conduct on the part of the defendant which must be established in order to justify an award of pu

2005The court described the status of punitive damages law in Hawai'i as follows: In Bright v. Quinn, 20 Haw. 504, 511 (1911), we declared that “while the propriety of the doctrine has been questioned, it is now too well established to admit of argument that in actions of tort punitive damages may, under certain circumstances, be awarded in addition to such sum as the plaintiff may be found entitled to purely by way of compensation for his injuries and suffering.” We went on to describe the aggravated conduct on the part of the defendant which must be established in order to justify an award of pu

2001Acknowledging that the historical rule was that “loss of use” damages were unavailable in eases involving complete destruction, as well as in eases where repair will not return a vehicle to the condition it was in before it was damaged, but were available in cases involving reparable damage, the Iowa Supreme Court revisited the propriety of such a rule and held that it does not, in a great number of instances, permit full compensation to the plaintiffi See Long v. McAllister, 319 N.W.2d 256, 258-61 (Iowa 1982).