Holzworth v. Fuller

After receiving benefits under the workmen’s compensation act, RSA ch. 281, the plaintiff, Kristen Holzworth, brought the present negligence action against the defendant, Peter Fuller. The defendant filed a motion to dismiss on the ground that RSA 281:12 (Supp. 1981) barred the plaintiff’s negligence action. The Court {Bean, J.) granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss. We affirm.

The plaintiff, Kristen Holzworth, was employed as a part-time groom at Runnymede Farm, a horse farm owned by the defendant. On June 4, 1977, while performing her tasks as a horsegroom, she was bitten on the left…