CITY OF MANCHESTER v. DOUCET

No. 89-324.

133 N.H. 680 (1990)

CITY OF MANCHESTER v. ROBERT DOUCET.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

November 9, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Devine, Millimet, Stahl & Branch P.A., of Manchester (Richard E. Galway on the brief and orally), for the plaintiff.

Craig & Wenners P.A., of Manchester (Vincent A. Wenners, Jr., and Scott L. Hood on the brief, and Mr. Wenners orally), for the defendant.


THAYER, J.

The defendant, Robert Doucet, appeals from a decision of the Superior Court (Goode, J.) denying him an award of his attorney's fees pursuant to RSA 281:37-a (recodified as RSA 281-A:44, effective July 1, 1989). We reverse and remand.

Within a few hours of fighting a fire on July 28, 1983, in the course of his employment as a firefighter for the City of Manchester, the defendant, Robert Doucet, experienced blurred vision, numbness of his hands...

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