APPEAL OF CLOUTIER LUMBER CO.

No. 81-013.

121 N.H. 420 (1981)

APPEAL OF CLOUTIER LUMBER COMPANY AND AMERICAN MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY (New Hampshire Department of Labor).

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

May 26, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pierre J. Morin, of Berlin, by brief and orally, for the plaintiff, Pierre Fortin.

Wiggin & Nourie, of Manchester (Gordon A. Rehnborg, Jr., on the brief and orally), for the defendants, Cloutier Lumber Company and American Mutual Insurance Company.


DOUGLAS, J.

The issue in this case is whether RSA 281:40 bars consideration of the plaintiff's workmen's compensation claim because he did not petition for review within four years of his last compensation payment. On the facts of this case, we hold that it does not.

The facts are not in dispute. On July 2, 1974, the plaintiff, Pierre Fortin, injured his right knee while in the employ of the defendant Cloutier Lumber...

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