Hawaii Revised Statutes 135-4 – Government’s immunities
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 135-4
- Emergency: means the imminent or actual occurrence of an event, which has the likelihood of causing extensive injury, death, property damage, or impedes the safe and necessary movement of persons or vehicles over public highways, including but not limited to the spillage of hazardous material on a public highway or public place. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 135-1
- Owner: means any individual, partnership, firm, society, unincorporated association, joint venture group, hui, joint stock company, corporation, trustee, personal representative, trust estate, decedent's estate, trust, or other legal entity whether doing business for itself or in a fiduciary capacity, that owns or controls the real property. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 135-1
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- Traffic accident: means an accident involving motorists, pedestrians, or bicyclists, or a combination, on [a] public highway which impedes the safe and necessary movement of persons or vehicles. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 135-1
The State and counties and their respective officers and employees shall not be liable for the death of, or injury to, persons or for damage to property, as a result of the use of an owner‘s real property for the diversion of vehicles, pedestrians, bicyclists, or a combination thereof, during an emergency or traffic accident, as provided in § 135-2.