Doi v. Hawaiian Ins. & Guar. Co., Ltd.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that loss of consortium is a derivative claim, and will not support liability beyond the coverage provided to the injured individual
• stating that “derivative claims such as loss of consortium arising from bodily injuries suffered by one’s spouse ... are dependent for [their] viability upon the personal injury to one’s spouse.”
• if a party cannot maintain a personal injury claim, then the spouse’s derivative consortium action must also fail
• no-fault statute was not intended to abolish common law claim for loss of consortium
• claims for loss of consortium not abolished by Hawaii’s no-fault law

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).