# Joint and several liability rule · Hawaii — Comparative fault system and joint and several liability rules by state

For Joint and several liability rule · Hawaii, state is Hawaii; rule type is Joint and several liability rule; joint liability rule is Defendants are responsible only for their proportionate share of negligence, with the following exceptions: recovery of economic damages in actions involving injury or death, and non-economic damages in such actions, where a tortfeasor’s negligence is 25% or more; intentional torts; strict liability torts;; joint liability fault threshold is 25% or more; statutory citation is HRS § 663-10.9, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.

- **State:** Hawaii _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Rule type:** Joint and several liability rule _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Joint liability rule:** Defendants are responsible only for their proportionate share of negligence, with the following exceptions: recovery of economic damages in actions involving injury or death, and non-economic damages in such actions, where a tortfeasor’s negligence is 25% or more; intentional torts; strict liability torts; _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Joint liability fault threshold:** 25% or more _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory citation:** HRS § 663-10.9. _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_

## What the source says

> Yes. Defendants are responsible only for their proportionate share of negligence, with the following exceptions: recovery of economic damages in actions involving injury or death, and non-economic damages in such actions, where a tortfeasor’s negligence is 25% or more; intentional torts; strict liability torts;

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Statutory citation

> and product liability torts. HRS § 663-10.9.

## Source

- https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/mlr-state-laws-chart-I.pdf

Last verified: 2026-08-31. Review by: 2027-08-31.
Part of [Comparative fault system and joint and several liability rules by state](https://referencesource.org/state-comparative-fault-joint-liability-rules/).