· 11/13/1978
Kang v. Harrington
Citations
- 587 P.2d 285
- 59 Haw. 652
- 1978 Haw. LEXIS 230
How courts have described this case
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- holding that a claim for punitive damages “is not an independent tort, but is purely incidental to a separate cause of action”
- “An award of punitive damages is purely incidental to the cause of action.”
- $2,500 punitive damages on $1,800 general damages
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Judges: Richardson, Kobayashi, Ogata, Menor, Well
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