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NEWELL v. N.H. DIV. OF WELFARE

No. 88-024.

131 N.H. 88 (1988)

VALERIE NEWELL v. NEW HAMPSHIRE DIVISION OF WELFARE AND ROLAND COUTURE

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

November 4, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Jack P. Crisp, Jr., of Berlin (Peter F. Kuntz on the brief and orally), for the plaintiff.

Stephen E. Merrill, attorney general (Susan S. Geiger, assistant attorney general, and Monica A. Ciolfi, attorney, on the brief, and Ms. Geiger orally), for the State.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

SOUTER, J.

This is an action for personal injuries allegedly resulting from the plaintiff's fall on stairs in a building owned by the defendant Couture and leased in part to the defendant division of welfare. The division moved for dismissal on the related grounds of sovereign immunity and the exclusive jurisdiction of the board of claims under RSA chapter 541-B (Supp. 1983), the version of the statute in effect at the time this case arose...

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