Legal Opinion
Schoff v. City of Somersworth
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided August 31, 1993No. 92-418PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrock, C.J.
This is an interlocutory appeal from the Superior Court’s (Temple, J.) order denying the defendant’s motion to dismiss. The defendant, City of Somersworth, raises several issues involving municipal immunity from tort liability. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
The plaintiffs, Glenn D. Schoff and James Schoff, allege the following in their writ. On December 28,1986, they were injured after they drove off the end of Greenfield Drive in Somersworth. Greenfield Drive ends in a “cliff-like precipitous drop” within approximately 750 feet of its entrance. The plaintiffs were unable to see the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Merrill v. City of ManchesterSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1974
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- City of Dover v. Imperial Casualty & Indemnity Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1990
- Gardner v. City of ConcordSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1993
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