Legal Opinion

Opinion of the Justices

Supreme Court of New Hampshire

Decided May 28, 1991No. 91-157PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

To the Honorable Senate:

The undersigned justices of the Supreme Court now submit the following replies to your questions of April 16, 1991. Following our receipt of your resolution on April 18, 1991, we invited interested parties to file memoranda with the court on or before May 9, 1991.

Senate Bill (SB) 151-FN is a response to this court’s decision in City of Dover v. Imperial Cas. & Indemn. Co., 133 N.H. 109, 575 A.2d 1280 (1990), in which we declared RSA 507-B:2, I, unconstitutional. That statute rendered municipalities immune from liability for injuries caused by faulty maintenance of…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Carson v. MaurerSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1980
  2. Estate of Cargill v. City of RochesterSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1979
  3. City of Dover v. Imperial Casualty & Indemnity Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1990
  4. Opinion of the JusticesSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1986
  5. Opinion of the JusticesSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1989

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Boston & Maine Corporation v. Town of HamptonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
  2. Gardner v. City of ConcordSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1993
  3. Cloutier v. City of BerlinSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2006
  4. Schoff v. City of SomersworthSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1993
  5. Trovato v. DeveauSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1999

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