ESTABROOK v. AMERICAN HOIST & DERRICK, INC.

No. 84-411 No. 84-202 No. 84-310 No. 84-234.

127 N.H. 162 (1985)

LOIS ESTABROOK, ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF NELSON J. ESTABROOK v. AMERICAN HOIST & DERRICK, INC. & a. (No. 84-411) SHEILA TAYLOR, ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES A. TAYLOR v. FRANK A. NUTTING, JR., & a. (No. 84-202) DANIEL HAYES AND MARY HAYES v. PETER E. STULTZ (No. 84-310) MARGARET I. SHORTELL AND WILLIAM SHORTELL v. CARL MITCHELL AND JOHN MAMMONE (No. 84-234)

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

August 15, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Devine, Millimet, Stahl & Branch P.A., of Manchester (E. Donald Dufresne and Lee C. Nyquist on the brief, and Mr. Dufresne orally), for the plaintiff in No. 84-411.

Stark & Peltonen P.A., of Manchester (Rodney L. Stark on the brief), by brief for the defendants Midwest Tank & Construction Manufacturing, Inc. and Midwest Tank & Construction Holding Corporation in No. 84-411.

James M. Winston, of Manchester, by brief and orally, for the defendants Stanley Stone and Harry Smith in No. 84-411.

James S. Yakovakis P.A., of Manchester (Brian T. McDonough and James S. Yakovakis on the brief, and Mr. Yakovakis orally), for the defendants Stanley Stone and Harry Smith in No. 84-411.

Cullity and Kelley, of Manchester (George W. Roussos), for the Independent Insurance Agents of New Hampshire and the New Hampshire Association of Domestic Insurance Companies, as amici curiae, joined in the brief filed by Brian T. McDonough and James S. Yakovakis for the defendants Stanley Stone and Harry Smith in No. 84-411.

McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton P.A., of Manchester (Jack B. Middleton and Judy E. Reardon on the brief, and Mr. Middleton orally), for the New Hampshire Trial Lawyers Association, as amicus curiae in No. 84-411.

Barto & Gfroerer, of Concord (Michael G. Gfroerer and Mark H. Puffer on the brief, and Mr. Gfroerer orally), for the Alliance of American Insurers, the American Insurance Association, and the National Association of Independent Insurers, as amici curiae in No. 84-411.

Barry I. Harkaway and Clifford R. Kinghorn, Jr., of Nashua (Mr. Harkaway and Mr. Kinghorn on the brief, and Mr. Harkaway orally), for the plaintiff in No. 84-202.

Hamblett & Kerrigan P.A., of Nashua (John V. Dwyer, Jr., and James M. McNamee, Jr., on the brief, and Mr. McNamee orally), for the defendant Frank A. Nutting, Jr., in No. 84-202.

Wiggin & Nourie, of Manchester (Andrew A. Merrill and Thomas P. Manson on the brief, and Mr. Merrill orally), for the defendant Dale Schofield in No. 84-202.

Leonard & Borrelli, of Nashua (Vera R. Borrelli on the brief and orally), for the defendants Frank A. Nutting, Jr., George A. Fuller, Jr., and Dale Schofield in No. 84-202.

Stephen R. Fine & Associates P.A., of Manchester (Stephen R. Fine and Charles A. Meade on the brief, and Mr. Fine orally), for the plaintiffs in No. 84-310.

Wadleigh, Starr, Peters, Dunn & Chiesa, of Manchester (Theodore Wadleigh on the brief and orally), for the defendant in No. 84-310.

Burns, Bryant, Hinchey, Cox & Shea P.A., of Dover (Paul R. Cox), for the defendant in No. 84-310, joined in the above brief.

Shea & Mertens P.A., of Wolfeboro (Edward J. Mertens, II, and Lorraine Rogus Sager on the brief, and Mr. Mertens orally), for the plaintiffs in No. 84-234.

Ransmeier & Spellman, of Concord (John C. Ransmeier and Steven E. Hengen on the brief, and Mr. Ransmeier orally), for the defendants in No. 84-234.

Stephen E. Merrill, attorney general (James A. Sweeney, attorney, on the brief), by brief for the New Hampshire Department of Labor, as amicus curiae in Nos. 84-411, 84-202, and 84-310.


PER CURIAM.

The plaintiffs in these four consolidated cases challenge the constitutionality of certain provisions of RSA 281:12, II (Supp. 1983), a part of the workers' compensation law. That paragraph bars actions for non-intentional torts by an employee or his personal or legal representatives against "any officer, director, agent, servant or employee" of his employer for personal injury, as defined in RSA 281:2, V (Supp...

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