§662-5 - Jury. - Hawaii Statutes

     §662-5  Jury.  Any action against the State under this chapter shall be tried by the court without a jury; provided that the court, with the consent of all the parties, may order a trial with a jury whose verdict shall have the same effect as if trial by jury had been a matter of right. [L 1957, c 312, pt of §1; Supp, §245A-5; HRS §662-5; am L 1979, c 152, §2]

 

Case Notes

 

  This section held not to entitle county of Hawaii to nonjury trial.  57 H. 656, 562 P.2d 436.

  Consent to trial cannot be involuntary or implied.  6 H. App. 582, 733 P.2d 1224.