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Haw. Civil Jury Instr. 11.1

STRICT PRODUCTS LIABILITY

activein force · 2026-08-20 – presentas-observed

To prevail on the claim of strict products liability

against defendant(s), plaintiff(s) must prove all of the

following elements:

1. The product was defective1; and

2. The defect was a legal cause of injury to

plaintiff(s); and

3. Defendant(s) was/were part of the “chain of

distribution” of the product. Defendant(s) was/were part of the

“chain of distribution” of a product if he/she/it/they was/were

a manufacturer, seller, or lessor of that product.

1 In appropriate cases, add: “As to the claim for strict

products liability based on defective design under the Risk-Utility

Test, the burden may shift to defendant(s) to prove that the product

was not defective.”

Provenance

Source: courts.state.hi.us
Retrieved: 2026-08-20
Edition: 2026-08-20
Content hash: f5791bb793f46091972097929ed5c36f488287f03b6e02e58aa0a9df2ddffaf3

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