Voelbel v. Town of Bridgewater

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BATCHELDER, J.

The defendant, the Town of Bridgewater (town), appeals the Superior Court’s (Fauver, J.) grant of attorney’s fees to the plaintiff, John Voelbel. We reverse.

Without prior notice, the town selectmen terminated the plaintiff from his position as police chief. In response, the plaintiff sued the town in superior court. See RSA 105:2-a (1990). Following this court’s decision in Johnson v. Nash, 135 N.H. 534, 608 A.2d 200 (1992), the plaintiff moved for summary judgment, arguing that the lack of prior notice of his termination violated New Hampshire’s Right-To-Know…