Ryan v. Perini Power Constructors, Inc.

This is an interlocutory appeal from a ruling of the Superior Court (Contas, J.) denying defendants’ motion to dismiss. We affirm.

The plaintiff, Edward Ryan, was an employee of the defendant Perini Power Constructors, Inc. The defendant Commercial Union Insurance Companies is the workers’ compensation insurance carrier for Perini. On January 24, 1983, Ryan allegedly sustained a work-related injury to his neck, for which he began collecting workers’ compensation benefits. At the request of the insurer, the New Hampshire Department of Labor held a hearing on July 19, 1983, to determine the…