Blais v. Town of Goffstown

The principal issue of law presented in this case involving personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff during an attack by a police dog owned by the defendant town is whether the trial court erred in ruling that the plaintiff could not avail herself of the statutory causes of action provided for by RSA 466:19 and :20, collectively the so-called “dog bite statutes.” We overrule the plaintiffs exceptions and hold that no error was committed.

Read in the light most favorable to the defendant, who received the jury verdict below, Walker v. Walker, 106 N.H. 282, 287, 210 A.2d 468, 471-72 (1965),…