kalima lawsuit

Damages are being calculated for the more than 2,700 Native Hawaiians in the Kalima case — a class-action lawsuit filed by Native Hawaiians waiting for homestead land. Now, lawyers for the claimants are working to ensure the $328 million settlement approved by the state gets to those who deserve it.

Hawaiʻi lawmakers have approved a $328 million settlement to all claims by 2,700 Hawaiian Home Lands beneficiaries who filed suit against the state in 1999 for breach of trust. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi has more.

Thousands of Native Hawaiians are set to receive financial compensation from the state in a historic breach-of-trust case recently decided by Hawai?i?s…