Legal Opinion
Allgeyer v. Lincoln
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided September 27, 1984No. 83-515PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBatchelder, J.
This appeal followed a jury verdict in Superior Court (Goode, J.) in favor of the plaintiffs, and a judgment for $40,638. The defendants claim that the superior court erred in applying RSA 466:20, which authorizes the doubling of damages sustained by a victim of a dog bite, to the damages found by the jury. We affirm.
The following facts have been stipulated by the parties. The plaintiffs in the case are a ten-year-old minor, Aaron Allgeyer (by his father and next friend), and his father, Carl Allgeyer. The plaintiffs claimed damages resulting from an alleged violation of RSA 466:19 and from…
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3Cited by6 opinions
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