Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Duvall

By this petition for declaratory judgment, two carriers of workmen’s compensation insurance seek a determination that RSA 281:37 II (Supp. 1972) which was inserted in the Workmen’s Compensation Law by Laws 1971, 539:8, is unconstitutional as applied by the labor commissioner to claims for compensation arising both before and after the effective date of the amendment. In particular it is alleged that imposition of the statutory penalty upon an employer for failure to pay compensation as awarded by the commissioner, pending an appeal of the decision to the superior court, violates articles 14,…