DEBENEDETTO v. CLD CONSULTING ENGINEERS

No. 2005-262.

903 A.2d 969 (2006)

Janet DeBENEDETTO, Administratrix of the Estate of David DeBenedetto v. CLD CONSULTING ENGINEERS, INC.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Opinion Issued: July 27, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Turgeon & Associates, of Amesbury, MA (Roger D. Turgeon, on the brief and orally), for the plaintiff.

Devine, Millimet & Branch, P.A., of Manchester (Andrew D. Dunn and Donald L. Smith, on the brief, and Mr. Dunn orally), for the defendant.

Abramson, Brown & Dugan, of Manchester (Kenneth C. Brown and Jared R. Green, on the brief) and Borofsky, Amodeo-Vickery & Bandazian, P.A., of Manchester (Stephen E. Borofsky and Erica Bodwell, on the brief) for New Hampshire Trial Lawyers Association, as amicus curiae.


DUGGAN, J.

The plaintiff, Janet DeBenedetto, appeals an order of the Superior Court (McHugh, J.) permitting the jury in a wrongful death case to apportion fault among various entities, including defendant CLD Consulting Engineers, Inc. (CLD). The defendant cross-appeals. We affirm.

The record supports the following facts. On May 31, 1999, the plaintiff's husband, David DeBenedetto, was killed in a two-car automobile collision on Route 28 in Derry. The...

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