MAYER v. TOWN OF HAMPTON

No. 84-385

127 N.H. 81 (1985)

DONALD A. MAYER, SR., ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF DONALD A. MAYER, JR. v. TOWN OF HAMPTON & a.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire

August 7, 1985


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of Gerald F. Giles, of Portsmouth (Gerald F. Giles and Harriet J. Fishman on the brief, and Ms. Fishman orally), for the plaintiff.

Law Offices of Kenneth G. Bouchard P.A., of Manchester (Mark L. Mallory and Carol L. Hess on the brief, and Mr. Mallory orally), for the defendants Town of Hampton and Craig Liatsis, George R. Gurick, Jr., and Dennis G. Pelletier.

Devine, Millimet, Stahl & Branch P.A., of Manchester (Donald E. Gardner and Douglas N. Steere on the brief, and Mr. Gardner orally), for the defendants Craig Liatsis, George R. Gurick, Jr., and Dennis G. Pelletier.


DOUGLAS, J.

In this case we are asked to answer two questions certified by the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire (Loughlin, J.) pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 34. These questions relate to whether New Hampshire law recognizes an exception to the general rule that a plaintiff may not maintain a tort action that seeks damages resulting from the suicide of another. We answer that the law in this State does recognize such an exception...

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