BOWLAN LUMBER CO. v. LEMIRE

No. 79-207.

120 N.H. 465 (1980)

BOWLAN LUMBER COMPANY, INC. & a. v. ADRIEN LEMIRE & a.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

June 25, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wadleigh, Starr, Peters, Dunn & Kohls, of Manchester (Theodore Wadleigh orally), for the plaintiffs.

Brackett L. Scheffy, of Warner, by brief and orally, for the defendants.


DOUGLAS, J.

The issue in this workmen's compensation case is whether an employer's actual notice of injury, if received within the statutory limitation period, is sufficient to support a claim for benefits. We hold that actual notice is sufficient.

The parties have stipulated to the following facts. Adrien Lemire was injured on October 9, 1973, while in the employ of his brother, Roland Lemire, a subcontractor for the plaintiff, Bowlan Lumber Company. Roland...

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