Hawaii Car Accident Settlements: The Minimums Just Doubled
Hawaii doubled its liability minimums to 40/80/20 in January 2026, and its no-fault PIP still excludes lost wages by default.
How no-fault systems change everything: PIP benefits, treatment deadlines, and the injury thresholds you must clear to recover pain and suffering.
10 guides spanning 2 claim types: Car Accidents Claims Process
Hawaii doubled its liability minimums to 40/80/20 in January 2026, and its no-fault PIP still excludes lost wages by default.
Minnesota splits its $40,000 no-fault benefit into two pools that cannot cover each other — and you can still recover at exactly 50/50 fault.
Kentucky enrolls every driver in no-fault by default — unless you filed a written rejection before your crash, a $1,000 threshold controls your right to sue.
You can sue the at-fault driver two ways in Massachusetts: cross a dollar threshold in medical bills, or meet a specific injury category. Either works.
Most New Jersey drivers unknowingly picked a policy that bars pain and suffering claims unless the injury clears one of six narrow categories.
You're hurt, you have no health insurance, and a claim will take a year. The actual options for getting treated now — and the trap in the cheapest one.
How Florida's no-fault system shapes settlements: the 14-day treatment deadline, the emergency condition rule, and the 2023 deadline and fault changes.
How Michigan's reformed no-fault works: choosing a PIP level, the mini-tort limit, the serious impairment threshold, and its one-year deadlines.
New York eliminated one of nine serious injury categories and added a fault bar on pain-and-suffering damages, both for lawsuits filed from May 2026 on.
How Pennsylvania's limited tort versus full tort insurance choice controls your right to sue for pain and suffering, plus deadlines and comparative fault rules.