Estate of LaRoche v. Doe

Two questions are presented in this appeal from a final order of the Superior Court (Manias, J.) dismissing the plain*564tiff’s wrongful death action: (1) whether the State of New Hampshire waived its sovereign immunity by filing a general appearance and by failing to raise its sovereign immunity in a timely fashion; and (2) whether the court erred in dismissing the action against an unidentified defendant, “Jane Doe,” asserted to be one of four known State employees, in her individual and personal capacity, and denying the plaintiff’s subsequent motion to amend the writ to include the names of…