§657-4 - Two years; libel and slander.

§657-4  Two years; libel and slander. 
All actions for libel or slander shall be commenced within two years after the
cause of action accrued, and not after. [CC 1859, §1037; am imp L 1907, c 113,
§1; am L 1913, c 19, §1; RL 1925, §2642; RL 1935, §3913; RL 1945, §10424; RL
1955, §241-4; am L 1965, c 139, §2; HRS §657-4]

Case Notes

  Claim for defamation accrues when defamee discovers or
reasonably should have discovered publication.  65 H. 478, 653 P.2d 1155.

  Distinguished from "general" personal injury
statute of limitations of §657-7.  73 H. 578, 837 P.2d 1247.

  Cited:  42 H. 177, 179.

  Mentioned:  817 F. Supp. 850.