CARSON v. MAURER

No. 80-017. Nos. 80-099, 80-136 and 80-191. No. 80-252. No. 80-273. No. 80-291.

120 N.H. 925 (1980)

KENNETH E. CARSON v. L. HERBERT MAURER, M.D. DIANE C. ARMY v. WILLIAM CUSACK, JR., M.D. & a. TIMOTHY WILLIAMS & a. v. CHARLES C. THOMPSON, M.D. & a. DENISE JEAN & a. v. NORMAN CRISP, M.D. & a. THOMAS T. TAYLOR v. HITCHCOCK CLINIC, INC. & a. THEODORE J. BONNEAU & a. v. HITCHCOCK CLINIC, INC. & a.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

December 31, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth E. Carson, f/n/f Kimberly Carson and as administrator of the estate of Kimberly Carson, by brief and orally, pro se (80-017).

Wiggin & Nourie, of Manchester (Richard B. McNamara orally), for the plaintiff Diane C. Army (80-099).

Burns, Bryant, Hinchey, Cox & Shea, of Dover, and Shuman, Ross & Spiliakos, of Boston (Howard S. Ross orally), for the plaintiffs Timothy Williams and Cynthia Williams (80-136; 80-191).

McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton P.A., of Manchester (Jack B. Middleton and Bruce W. Felmly orally), for the plaintiffs Denise Jean, Dennis Jean, E. Harlan Connary and Patricia Connary (80-252).

McSwiney, Jones & Semple, of Concord (Carroll F. Jones orally), for the plaintiff Thomas T. Taylor, as administrator of the estate of Laura R. Taylor, and individually (80-273).

Brown & Nixon, of Manchester (Michael P. Hall orally), for the plaintiffs Theodore J. Bonneau and Norah M. Bonneau (80-291).

Wadleigh, Starr, Peters, Dunn & Kohls, of Manchester (Theodore Wadleigh orally), for the defendants Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital and Wentworth-Douglas Hospital (80-099; 80-273).

Bell, Falk & Norton, of Keene (Ernest L. Bell, III, orally), for the defendant Charles C. Thompson, M.D. (80-136; 80-191).

Orr & Reno, of Concord, by brief for the defendant Hitchcock Clinic, Inc. (80-273).

Sulloway, Hollis & Soden, of Concord (Martin L. Gross and Warren C. Nighswander orally), for the defendants William E. Cusack, Jr., M.D., L. Herbert Maurer, M.D., Norman Crisp, M.D., Robert Hinckley, M.D., Julie Stiles, M.D., and Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital (80-017; 80-099; 80-252; 80-291).


PER CURIAM.

The plaintiffs in these consolidated appeals challenge the constitutionality of RSA ch. 507-C (Supp. 1979), governing actions for medical injury.

The plaintiffs here are also plaintiffs in underlying actions for medical injury; the defendants are medical care providers. In three of the actions below (Nos. 80-017, 80-099 and 80-136) the court granted the defendants' motions to dismiss for failure to comply with the notice requirement of RSA 507...

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