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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 663-8 (2026)

  Damages, future earnings

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     §663-8  Damages, future earnings.  Together with other damages which may be recovered by law, the legal representative of the deceased person may recover where applicable under section 663-7 the future earnings of the decedent in excess of the probable cost of the decedent's own maintenance and the provision the decedent would have made for the decedent's actual or probable family and dependents during the period of time the decedent would have likely lived but for the accident. [L 1973, c 213, §3; am L 2016, c 55, §46]

 

Case Notes

 

  Recovery by decedent's estate, discussed.  823 F. Supp. 778 (1993).

 

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1982–2019 · leading case: Ozaki v. Ass'n of Apt. Owners of Discovery Bay, 954 P.2d 652 (Haw. App. 1998).
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Ozaki v. Ass'n of Apt. Owners of Discovery Bay, 954 P.2d 652 (Haw. App. 1998). · cites it 4× “Plaintiffs claim that the court erred in striking the expert testimony of Dr. Louis Rose (Dr. Rose). Dr. Rose was to testify on the amount by which Cynthia’s future earnings would have exceeded the cost of her own maintenance, in other words, her estate’s “future earnings”…”
Hudson v. Uwekoolani, 653 P.2d 783 (Haw. 1982). · cites it 4× “HRS § 663-8. Such damages would be recoverable by the minor's estate, and where he leaves no issue and surviving spouse, his parents would be the sole beneficiaries of his estate.”
Tancredi v. Dive Makai Charters, 823 F. Supp. 778 (D. Haw. 1993). · cites it 2× “during the period of time decedent would have likely lived but for the accident.”
Silva v. City & Cnty. of Honolulu (D. Haw. 2019). “§ 663-8 . “[T]he legal representative of the deceased person may recover where applicable under section 663-7 the future earnings of the decedent in excess of the probable cost of the decedent’s own maintenance and the provision the decedent would have made for the decedent’s…”
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