(a) If the accident causing accidental harm occurs in this State, every person insured under this article, and such person’s survivors, suffering loss from accidental harm arising out of the operation, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle, has a right to personal injury protection benefits.
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-303

  • Accidental harm: means bodily injury, death, sickness, or disease caused by a motor vehicle accident to a person. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-103
  • Injury: means accidental harm not resulting in death. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-103
  • Insured: means :

    (1) The person identified by name as insured in a motor vehicle insurance policy complying with § 431:10C-301; and

    (2) A person residing in the same household with a named insured, specifically:

    (A) A spouse or reciprocal beneficiary or other relative of a named insured; and

    (B) A minor in the custody of a named insured or of a relative residing in the same household with a named insured. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-103

  • Motor vehicle: means any vehicle of a type required to be registered under chapter 286, including a trailer attached to such a vehicle, but not including motorcycles and motor scooters. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-103
  • Person: means , when appropriate to the context, not only individuals, but corporations, firms, associations, and societies. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-103
(b) If the accident causing accidental harm occurs outside this State, the following persons and their survivors suffering loss from accidental harm arising out of the operation, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle, have a right to personal injury protection benefits as defined in section 431:10C-103.5(a):

(1) Insureds as defined in § 431:10C-103; and
(2) The driver and other occupants of an insured vehicle, other than a vehicle which is regularly used in the course of the business of transporting persons or property and which is one of five or more vehicles under common ownership.
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