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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 662-12

  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.

The court rendering a judgment for the plaintiff pursuant to this chapter or the attorney general making a disposition pursuant to § 662-11 may, as a part of such judgment, award, or settlement, determine and allow reasonable attorney’s fees which shall not, however, exceed twenty-five per cent of the amount recovered and shall be payable out of the judgment awarded to the plaintiff; provided that such limitation shall not include attorney’s fees and costs that the court may award the plaintiff as a matter of its sanctions.