Where an insurer has contested its liability under a policy and is ordered by the courts to pay benefits under the policy, the policyholder, the beneficiary under a policy, or the person who has acquired the rights of the policyholder or beneficiary under the policy shall be awarded reasonable attorney's fees and the costs of suit, in addition to the benefits under the policy.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 431:10-242
Policyholder and other suits against insurer
Known as the Insurance Code
The act spans §§ 431:10-101 to 431:9N-104 (1,434 sections).
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case ACMAT Corp. v. Greater New York Mutual Insurance (2007)
Most recently applied in 158 F. Supp. 3d 1023 - State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Hanohano (January 2016)
L 1987, c 347, pt of §2
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Official source: Hawaii State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Hawaii statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.