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Haw. Civil Jury Instr. 11.11

TESTS FOR DEFECTIVE DESIGN

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A product is defective in its design if plaintiff(s)

prove(s) that the product was defective under any one of these

three tests:

1. The Consumer Expectation Test; or

2. The Risk-Utility Test; or

3. The Latent Danger Test.

Provenance

Source: courts.state.hi.us
Retrieved: 2026-08-20
Edition: 2026-08-20
Content hash: b3189019c7f9f4be36b37c2691bb1d4960c36b8f3441c874f7741c98fdff1199

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