HI · jury_instructions
Haw. Civil Jury Instr. 8.9
ELEMENTS OF DAMAGES
If you find for plaintiff(s) on the issue of liability,
plaintiff(s) is/are entitled to damages in such amount as in
your judgment will fairly and adequately compensate him/her/them
for the injuries which he/she/they suffered. In deciding the
amount of such damages, you should consider:
1. The extent and nature of the injuries he/she/they
received, and also the extent to which, if at all, the injuries
he/she/they received are permanent;
2. The deformity, scars and/or disfigurement he/she/they
received, and also the extent to which, if at all, the
deformity, scars and/or disfigurement are permanent;
3. The reasonable value of the medical services provided
by physicians, hospitals and other health care providers,
including examinations, attention and care, drugs, supplies, and
ambulance services, reasonably required and actually given in
the treatment of plaintiff(s) and the reasonable value of all
such medical services reasonably probable to be required in the
treatment of plaintiff(s) in the future;
4. The pain, emotional suffering, and disability which
he/she/they has/have suffered and is/are reasonably probable to
suffer in the future because of the injuries, if any; and
5. The lost income sustained by plaintiff(s) in the past
and the lost income he/she/they is/are reasonably probable to
sustain in the future.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.state.hi.us
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2026-08-20
- Content hash
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