Together with other damages which may be recovered by law, the legal representative of the deceased person may recover where applicable under section 663-7 the future earnings of the decedent in excess of the probable cost of the decedent's own maintenance and the provision the decedent would have made for the decedent's actual or probable family and dependents during the period of time the decedent would have likely lived but for the accident.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 663-8
Damages, future earnings
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case In re Air Crash Disaster Near Chicago, Illinois on May 25, 1979 (1981)
Most recently applied in 823 F. Supp. 778 - Tancredi v. Dive Makai Charters (May 1993)
L 1973, c 213, §3; am L 2016, c 55, §46
Official source: Hawaii State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Hawaii statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.