Jeannont v. New Hampshire Personnel Commission

Appeal under RSA 541:6 from an order of the State personnel commission [hereinafter the commission] awarding the plaintiff damages resulting from his improper discharge. The issue presented is whether the measure of damages awarded by the commission is by a clear preponderance of the evidence unlawful, unjust, or unreasonable. RSA 541:13.

From January 1973 until his discharge on November 7, 1974, the plaintiff was employed by the New Hampshire Office of Manpower Affairs [hereinafter OMA]. In Jeannont v. N.H. Personnel Commission, 116 N.H. 376, 359 A.2d 638 (1976), this court held that the…