Newell v. New Hampshire Division of Welfare & Roland Couture

Memorandum Opinion

Souter, J.

This is an action for personal injuries allegedly resulting from the plaintiff’s fall on stairs in a building owned by the defendant Couture and leased in part to the defendant division of welfare. The division moved for dismissal on the related grounds of sovereign immunity and the exclusive jurisdiction of the board of claims under RSA chapter 541-B (Supp. 1983), the version of the statute in effect at the time this case arose. In its orders denying the division’s motion and subsequent request for reconsideration, the Superior Court {McHugh, J.) ruled, inter…