Stevens v. Lewis

This case involved another facet of our rule that permits an injured employee who has collected workmen’s compensation to maintain a third party action against a fellow employee. See generally Vittum v. New Hampshire Ins. Co., 117 N.H. 1, 369 A.2d 184 (1977); Merchants Mut. Cas. Co. v. Tuttle, 98 N.H. 349, 101 A.2d 262 (1953).

The defendant before the bar is the president, treasurer, and sole stockholder and a director of the Park Manufacturing Company, a Massachusetts corporation engaged in producing shoe components. In April 1970, that corporation employed the plaintiff on the evening shift…