In awarding interest in civil cases, the judge is authorized to designate the commencement date to conform with the circumstances of each case, provided that the earliest commencement date in cases arising in tort, may be the date when the injury first occurred and in cases arising by breach of contract, it may be the date when the breach first occurred.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 636-16
Awarding interest
Applied in 14 court decisions — leading case Locricchio v. Legal Services Corp. (1987)
Most recently applied in In re: The Petition of Hannah Harrison v. Ito (February 2023)
L 1979, c 78, §2
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