LaBarre v. Daneault

RSA 265:89-a provides that a defendant in a civil action arising from an accident that resulted in his conviction for driving while intoxicated for a second or subsequent time within seven years is liable for double damages. This is an interlocutory appeal from a Superior Court (Pappagianis, J.) ruling that RSA 265:89-a applies to the plaintiffs’ action despite the fact that RSA 265:89-a did not become effective until nearly two years after the accident and the defendant’s accompanying conviction for driving while intoxicated (DWI). We hold thát the statute must be applied only to causes of…