Murphy v. Town of Atkinson

The plaintiff appeals an order of the Superior Court (Gray, J., acting on the recommendation of a Master, Mayland H. Morse, Esq.) upholding a decision of the department of labor to deny *643the plaintiff’s claim for workers’ compensation benefits. RSA 281:37. We affirm.

At all relevant times, the plaintiff was a member of the volunteer fire department in the town of Atkinson. The defendants are the town and its workers’ compensation insurance carrier. On the evidence presented, the master was entitled to find that the Atkinson Fire Department and a group known as the Atkinson Firefighter’s…