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Civil suits - mella l - 08-10-2008
Wondering if someone on PW might have an idea of what the statute of limitations is in Hawaii for civil lawsuits. Involves civil complaint and investment and not personal injury claim. Mahalo,
mella l
"Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant with the weak and wrong....because sometime in your life you will have been all of these."
RE: Civil suits - Kelena - 08-10-2008
I don't and couldn't advise you publically if I did. But I do know you will need to be a little more specific...fraud is subject to one SOL, breach of contract another SOL (usually longer...).
RE: Civil suits - missydog1 - 08-10-2008
Unlike Glen, I am not an attorney so I guess I can give this layperson pointer:
The Hawai'i Revised Statutes are on line for you to peruse, and here is part of the SOL section:
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol13_Ch0601-0676/HRS0657/HRS_0657-.htm
This is the Table of Contents for different kinds of actions:
and this is one section, on breach of contract
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol13_Ch0601-0676/HRS0657/HRS_0657-0001.htm
quote:
PART I. PERSONAL ACTIONS
ยง657-1 Six years. The following actions shall be commenced within six years next after the cause of action accrued, and not after:
(1) Actions for the recovery of any debt founded upon any contract, obligation, or liability, excepting such as are brought upon the judgment or decree of a court; excepting further that actions for the recovery of any debt founded upon any contract, obligation, or liability made pursuant to chapter 577A shall be governed by chapter 577A;
I only quoted a tiny bit there, not to give you "the answer" but just as a pointer for a place to start reading. Like Glen said, you weren't specific enough about what it is your cause of action would be; if you look at this paragraph you get an idea of how specific the law gets.
I would agree you need to ask an attorney, as SOL isn't something you want to miss out on.
I personally am one of those people who likes to find the law and read it for myself, but that's me. At least I like to find as much as I can for free before I start paying someone by the hour. So if you too like to do research here is one tool.
By the way, anyone on island can access a hard copy of the Hawai'i statutes at the Law Library in the State Building in the Lagoon Center. I went there once and it's not too intimidating. It's a far cry from the beautiful Alameda County Law Library that I used to go to, but it's so much better than that moldy room they call a law library in Kealakekua.