HI · jury_instructions
Haw. Civil Jury Instr. 17.8
COMMERCIAL PURPOSE
The recreational purpose defense does not apply if the
plaintiff’s(s’) use of the land/property/building was related at
least in part to the owner’s(s’)1 commercial purpose.
Crichfield v. Grand Wailea Co., 93 Hawaiʻi 477, 6 P.3d 349
(2000); Thompson v. Kyo-Ya Co., Ltd., 112 Hawaiʻi 472, 146 P.3d
1049 (2006).
1 Under Haw. Rev. Stat. § 520-2, an “owner” means “the possessor
of a fee interest, a tenant, lessee, occupant, or person in control of
the premises.”
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- courts.state.hi.us
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- 2026-08-20
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- 2026-08-20
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