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Civil Jury Instructions Amendments

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Further amended by Hawai`i Supreme Court orders dated: 

September 7, 2011 (Adding new instruction 1.2; Revising instructions 2.4, 16.19, 16.20, and 16.26.)

November 28, 2012 (Amendment to the Hawai`i Pattern Jury Instructions – Civil Index and the repeal of Instruction 17.3).

March 7, 2016 (Amendment to the Hawaii Pattern Jury Instructions – 6.2, 7.2, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4A, 14.6, and 16.20).

June 3, 2021 (Adding new instruction 14.4; Revising instructions  – 1.2, 2.6, 16.19, and 16.35)

March 21, 2022 (Amendment to the Hawaii Pattern Civil Jury Instructions – Adding Introductory Comment)


Bookmarks are provided for ease of navigation through the PDF file for the 1999 edition with amendments to 03/22/2022. Please note that the Supreme Court’s orders state that “approval for publication and distribution is not and shall not be considered by this court or any other court to be an approval or judgment as to the validity or correctness of the substance of any instruction.”