Hawaii Medical Malpractice Case Value Calculator

The statute of limitations for this type of claim in Hawaii is 2 years — in line with the national average of 2.3 years. This is a standard timeframe, but acting sooner preserves evidence and strengthens your position.

Hawaii caps non-economic damages (pain and suffering, emotional distress, loss of enjoyment of life) at $375,000 for this type of case. This means that regardless of the severity of your non-economic losses, the maximum you can receive for those damages is $375,000. Hawaii does not impose a statutory cap on punitive damages for this type of case, which means exceptionally reckless or malicious conduct can result in substantial punitive awards determined by the jury.

Hawaii requires medical malpractice plaintiffs to complete a mandatory procedural step before filing suit: submission to a mandatory pre-litigation review panel that evaluates the merit of the claim before it can proceed to court. Failure to comply with this requirement can result in your case being dismissed regardless of its merits. These pre-suit obligations effectively shorten your filing window because they take time to complete within the statute of limitations.

Hawaii imposes a 6-year statute of repose on medical malpractice claims. Unlike the statute of limitations, which can be extended by the discovery rule, the statute of repose creates an absolute outer deadline: no medical malpractice lawsuit can be filed more than 6 years after the date of the treatment, regardless of when the injury was discovered.