SWIEZYNSKI v. CIVIELLO

No. 84-132.

126 N.H. 142 (1985)

MARGARET SWIEZYNSKI v. ROCCO V. CIVIELLO AND WILLIAM B. CRAWFORD.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

February 21, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Winer, Pillsbury & Bennett, of Nashua (Peter G. Webb on the brief and orally), for the plaintiff.

Sheehan, Phinney, Bass & Green P.A., of Manchester (Douglas G. Verge on the brief and orally), for the defendants.


BATCHELDER, J.

The issue before us is whether a partnership employee who has received workers' compensation benefits for an injury received in the course of employment may maintain a negligence action against an individual partner who owns the work premises for this same injury. The resolution of this issue turns on whether an individual partner is an employer under the Workers' Compensation Law, RSA chapter 281 (Supp. 1983), and thereby is entitled to immunity from...

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