CHAPTER 662

STATE TORT LIABILITY ACT

 

Section

    662-1 Definitions

    662-2 Waiver and liability of State

    662-3 Jurisdiction

    662-4 Statute of limitations

    662-5 Jury

    662-6 Pleadings, trial and appeal

    662-7 Attorney general

    662-8 Interest

    662-9 Costs

   662-10 Judgment as bar

   662-11 Compromise

   662-12 Attorney's fees

   662-13 No awards except upon legal evidence

   662-14 Exclusiveness of remedy

   662-15 Exceptions

   662-16 Defense of state employees

   662-17 Benefits and obligations of parents of minor employees

   662-18 Conclusive presumptions; unexploded ordnance on

          Kaho‘olawe and in the ocean adjacent to Kaho‘olawe

   662-19 Limited liability for skateboarding activities in

          public skateboard parks

 

Cross References

 

  Government entity as a tortfeasor; abolition of joint and several liability, see §663-10.5.

 

Law Journals and Reviews

 

  Tort and Insurance "Reform" in a Common Law Court.  14 UH L. Rev. 55.

  Ala Loop and the Private Right of Action Under Hawai`i Constitution Article XI, Section 9:  Charting a Path Toward a Cohesive Enforcement Scheme.  33 UH L. Rev. 367.

 

Case Notes

 

  Determination of whether a state function is discretionary, discussed.  71 H. 581, 799 P.2d 959.

  Counties do not fall within the ambit of the State Tort Liability Act; §46-72 is the statute of limitations applicable to actions against the counties.  104 H. 341, 90 P.3d 233.

  State has not waived sovereign immunity from 42 U.S.C. section 1983 actions.  6 H. App. 397, 721 P.2d 165.

  As the statutory language of chapter 103F clearly indicates the intent of the legislature to deny a private right of action, there is no action in tort; because there is no private right of action under chapter 103F, there is also no cause of action for damages under this chapter.  125 H. 200 (App.), 257 P.3d 213.