Legal Opinion
Estabrook v. Wetmore
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided July 22, 1987No. 86-516PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBatchelder, J.
This case is an interlocutory appeal from an order of the Superior Court {Wyman, J.) denying the defendant’s motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. The issue is whether the State of New Hampshire has personal jurisdiction over the vice-president of a Connecticut corporation, when he is sued as a co-employee under the workers’ compensation co-employee suit rule of Estabrook v. American Hoist & Derrick, Inc., 127 N.H. 162, *522498 A.2d 741 (1985), and when his only jurisdictional contact with New Hampshire is through conduct undertaken in his capacity as the corporation’s officer.…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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3Cited by41 opinions
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