Product Liability Case Values in Hawaii (2026)

Hawaii's Product Liability landscape, based on available tracked data, is dominated by a single high-profile tobacco litigation matter — Manious v. R.J. Reynolds — which appears recorded as three entries but represents the same $91.0M outcome in 2024, making meaningful trend analysis limited. The case reflects Hawaii's willingness to impose substantial verdicts against large corporate defendants in cases involving serious personal injury, such as throat cancer linked to long-term cigarette use, consistent with the state's lack of a general non-economic damage cap. While the dataset is too narrow to draw broad conclusions, the scale of this award signals that Hawaii juries may be receptive to punitive and compensatory arguments against well-resourced manufacturers with documented histories of consumer harm.