Legal Opinion
Appeal of New Hampshire Department of Transportation
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided February 25, 1999No. 96-355PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrock, C.J.
The New Hampshire Department of Transportation (State) appeals a decision of the New Hampshire Compensation Appeals Board (board) awarding attorney’s fees to the respondent, State Employees Association of New Hampshire (SEA), under RSA 281-A:44, 1 (Supp. 1998). We affirm in part.
The SEA, through its general counsel, represented Murray Howlett, a New Hampshire Department of Transportation employee, in his workers’ compensation claim before a department of labor hearing officer and then, on appeal, before the board. See RSA ch. 281-A (Supp. 1998) (amended 1998). Howlett was a member of the SEA,…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Vogel v. VogelSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1993
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