Rana v. Bishop Insurance of Hawaii, Inc.
Cases that cite this one
7 later published cases cite this decision.
- Crawford for Crawford v. Crawford (Haw. 1987)
- Neumann v. Ramil (Haw. Ct. App. 1986)
- Kaiama v. AIG Hawaii Ins. Co., Inc. (Haw. 1997)
- AIG Hawaii Insurance v. Estate of Caraang (Haw. 1993)
- National Union Fire Insurance v. Villanueva (United States District Court for the District of Hawaii 1989)
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Wolfe (United States District Court for the District of Hawaii 1986)
- Hubbell v. Iseke (Haw. Ct. App. 1986)
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Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT BY
The question before the court, upon a petition for writ of certiorari, is whether the Hawaii No-Fault Law, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) Chapter 294, as amended, precludes the stacking of basic no-fault insurance coverages where the injured named insured has a single insurance policy covering several vehicles.
The Intermediate Court of Appeals, upon reviewing legislative history, held that HRS §§ 294-2(10)
We adopt and affirm the reasoning and decision of the Intermediate Court of Appeals.
§ 294-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter:
(10) “No-fault benefits” with respect to any accidental harm shall be subject to an aggregate limit of $15,000 per person or his survivor and means[.]
§ 294-3 Right to no-fault benefits. . . .
(c) “Maximum limit”. The total no-fault benefits payable per person or on his death to his survivor on account of accidental harm sustained by him in any one motor vehicle accident shall be $15,000, regardless of the number of motor vehicles involved or policies applicable.
Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.