McKay v. New Hampshire Compensation Appeals Board

BRODERICK, j.

In these consolidated cases, the petitioner, James D. McKay, appeals the Superior Court’s (Perkins, J.) dismissal of his petition for injunctive relief and writ of mandamus, and the New Hampshire Compensation Appeals Board’s (CAB) decision reducing his benefits. He argues that certain provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Law, RSA chapter 281-A, violate the State Constitution because they deprive him of an impartial, judicial tribunal, and that the CAB’s decision contains legal and factual error. We affirm the superior court, and although we hold that the challenged provisions…