New Hampshire Insurance v. Bell

The issue in this case is whether a decision by an arbitration panel, which was rendered more than one year before we decided Grimes v. Concord General Mutual Insurance Co., 120 N.H. 718, 422 A.2d 1312 (1980), and which is in direct conflict with *128our holding in that case, is binding upon the parties to the arbitration proceeding. We hold that it is not and reverse the arbitrator’s decision.

On March 24, 1978, the administratrix’s husband, Jon C. Bell, was killed in an automobile accident caused by the negligence of an uninsured motorist. At the time of the accident, Bell was driving an…