HI · jury_instructions
Haw. Civil Jury Instr. 11.4
PROOF OF DEFECT
A product may be defective under any of the following
theories:
1. Defective manufacture; or
2. Defective design; or
3. [___________________]1
1 Tabieros v. Clark Equipment Company, 85 Hawaiʻi 336, 944 P.2d
1279 (1997) and Ontai v. Straub Clinic & Hospital, Inc., 66 Haw. 237,
659 P.2d 734 (1983) indicate a potential claim for strict products
liability for defective instruction/warning, but no Hawaiʻi case
states the elements of such claim. Where appropriate, “Defective
Warning/Instruction” may be inserted here and the elements of that
claim inserted in a new instruction following Instruction No. 11.6.
Provenance
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- courts.state.hi.us
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2026-08-20
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