Hawaii Announces $4 Billion Combined Settlement for Deadly Maui Fires

Published on August 3, 2024

A consortium of Hawaii businesses and state entities have agreed in principle to compensate and settle parties affected by the wildfires that ravaged the island of Maui a year ago. The seven defendants—state of Hawai‘i, County of Maui, Hawaiian Electric, Kamehameha Schools, West Maui Land Co., Hawaiian Telcom, and Spectrum/Charter Communications—will pay $4 billion as compensation to homeowners, businesses, and insurance companies that were adversely impacted by the Aug. 8, 2023, windstorms and wildfires, according to an Aug. 2 press release from Hawaii Gov. Josh Green. Altogether 2,200 parties filed approximately 450 lawsuits following the disastrous incident, which resulted in more than 100 deaths and billions in damages....

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