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On October 7, 2021, the New Hampshire federal court in the case of James Saunders, et al v. Shaw’s Supermarkets, Inc. issued an Order dismissing Saunders’ whole host of claims due to his frustration he was fired from his job at Shaw’s after coming into the store while on vacation and berating one of his co-workers on duty who was closing…
In the case of Fortune Laurel, LLC vs. High Liner Foods, Inc., the New Hampshire Supreme Court, on May 8, 2020, issued an opinion which greatly expanded the tools available to the a plaintiff attempting to collect or secure a judgment. In Fortune Laurel, the plaintiff brought suit against a Chinese corporation for breach of contract and consumer fraud. The…
New Hampshire only has one appellate court, the New Hampshire Supreme Court. The New Hampshire Supreme Court (“Supreme Court”) hears appeals from all the state’s lower court (Superior and District, Probate, and Family Divisions. If also hears appeals from administrative agencies such as: Department of Labor and the Board of Tax and Land Appeals). Absent certain exceptions, the New Hampshire…
The New Hampshire Supreme Court (“Supreme Court”) grants all litigants the right to seek an appeal from a decision issued by a trial court or administrative agency. The majority of the appeals are called mandatory appeals. A mandatory appeal is an appeal that the Supreme Court must accept and issue an order after reviewing the arguments raised by the appealing…
In a legal malpractice action the client must demonstrate there was an attorney/client relationship, the attorney breached their duty of care, and the attorney’s breach of care was the cause of the client’s harm. The third element, known as proximate causation, requires the client to demonstrate what result should have occurred if the lawyer had not been negligent. In the…
On January 26, 2016, the Supreme Court issued decisions concerning the sales of unsafe vehicles in New Hampshire. New Hampshire is one of the few states that allows dealers to sell unsafe vehicles (meaning, vehicles that will not pass a state safety inspection) to the public. To do so, however, the New Hampshire Division of Motor Vehicles requires the dealer…
If your adult son (or daughter) is having a tough time coming up with money for a down payment on a house or has other financial needs that you are willing to meet for him, before providing the money discuss with him whether the money payment is a gift or a loan. If you intended the money payment to be…
On August 4, 2015, the New Hampshire Supreme Court issued an opinion in the case of Kukesh v. Mutrie. Scott Kukesh was one of four police officers injured when he attempted to serve a search warrant at the defendant’s home in Greenland, New Hampshire. The defendant’s 29-year old son killed the Greenland Police Chief, and injured four other police officers…
All civil claims brought in New Hampshire are subject to a statute of limitations. The statute of limitations is a deadline that is intended to bar old or stale claims from being filed. Most civil claims, but not all, are subject to a 3-year state of limitations. The 3-year clock starts to run the moment the plaintiff realizes, or in…
In the June 18, 2014 opinion of England v. Brianas, the New Hampshire Supreme Court held that an attack by a woman’s estranged boyfriend upon her new companion does not necessarily expose her to civil liability. In the England case, Ms. Brianas had a former boyfriend who was demonstrating signs of jealously and instability. For example, he would leave abrasive…