Newport, New Hampshire family law lawyer represented the Defendant in a parental rights termination action.


[¶3] In July 2022, the trial court held an adjudicatory hearing on the neglect petitions. By notice of decision dated August 8, 2022, the court issued an order finding that the children were neglected by the respondent by exposing them to ongoing domestic violence. As part of ... More...    $0 (11-08-2024 - NH)

The Town of Pembroke, New
Hampshire, bans the use of electronic signs in all of its zoning
districts except its commercial district (C1) and certain nearby
areas. In April 2015, Hillside Baptist Church -- located outside
of these areas -- applied for a permit to install an electronic
sign on its property, which would transmit messages provided by
Signs for Jesus, a nonprofi... More...    $0 (10-21-2020 - NH)

A disability insurer, Hartford
Life and Accident Insurance Company ("Hartford"), gave notice to
Theresa Fortier that the long-term disability ("LTD") benefits it
had provided her under the Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinic Company Long
Term Disability Plan (the "Plan") would expire because she had not
shown she was eligible for a continuation of those benefits. The
notice informed... More...    $0 (02-20-2019 - NH)

A jury found that appellant Zurich
American Insurance Company ("Zurich") breached employment
agreements with appellee James Walsh when it substantially reduced
his incentive pay for a lucrative deal -- the largest of its type
in the company's history -- and did not pay incentive on another
deal.1 Walsh was awarded double damages and attorney's fees,
totaling nearly $2.4 mil... More...    $0 (02-26-2017 - NH)

The pertinent facts follow. SB 126, enacted in 2013, amended RSA chapter 357-C to define “motor vehicle” as including “equipment,” which “means farm and utility tractors, forestry equipment, industrial equipment, construction equipment, farm implements, farm machinery, yard and garden equipment, attachments, accessories, and repair parts.” Laws 2013, 130:1 (quotations omitted); see RSA 357-C:1, ... More...    $0 (12-31-2015 - NH)

The petitioner, Terrie Harman, appeals an order of the Circuit Court (Carbon, J.) denying the request filed by her and the respondent, Thomas McCarron, to vacate their decree of divorce. We affirm.
The parties were married in 1989. In July 2014, they were granted an uncontested decree of divorce on the ground of irreconcilable differences that caused the irremediable breakdown of the mar... More...    $0 (12-02-2015 - NH)

The following facts are derived from the trial court’s order. On February 4, 2011, Morgan was involved in an altercation with another student, A.M., on a school bus. During that altercation, A.M. punched Morgan in the face. The bus driver reported the incident to the defendant on February 7.
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The school principal, Barry Albert, downloaded the bus driver’s report on February 8 and m... More...    $0 (09-04-2015 - NH)

For thousands of years,
humanity has looked to the sky and dreamt of flying. Philosophers
and poets have had much to say on the subject, leaving in their
wake a bevy of quotes and sayings about the beauty of flight.1 The
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, although elegant in their own
way, have so far failed to inspire such devotion.
Though this case arises out of a helicopt... More...    $0 (08-02-2015 - NH)

The respondent, D.H., appeals an order of the Circuit
Court (Cyr, J.) granting the petition of the petitioner, the New Hampshire
Division for Children, Youth and Families (DCYF), to terminate his parental
rights over his son, K.H., on the ground that he failed to correct, within 12
months, the conditions leading to a finding of neglect. See RSA 170-C:5, III
(2014). On appeal, t... More...    $0 (06-19-2015 - NH)

The petitioner, John Doe, appeals an order of the Superior Court (McNamara, J.) granting summary judgment for the respondent, the State of New Hampshire, on the petitioner’s declaratory judgment action, which sought a ruling that RSA chapter 651-B is unconstitutional, as applied to him, because it violates the prohibition against retrospective laws and the Due Process Clause of the New Hampshire... More...    $0 (02-12-2015 - NH)

Plaintiff Mark E. Schaefer appeals from the decision of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire dismissing his suit against defendants IndyMac Mortgage Services; OneWest Bank, FSB; the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Maeâ€�); and Harmon Law Offices, P.C. (“Harmonâ€�). Schaefer’s complaint sought an injunction barring his impending eviction; an order ... More...    $0 (10-02-2013 - NH)

The petitioner, Lachlan MacLearn, and the intervenor, Simon Hutchings (together, the appellants), appeal an order of the Superior Court (Abramson, J.) denying Hutchings’ motion for summary judgment and granting summary judgment in favor of the respondent, Commerce Insurance Company (Commerce). We affirm.

The trial court found or the record supports the following facts. Lachlan MacLearn an... More...    $0 (01-27-2012 - NH)

David and Marilyn Slade own property in the Town of Alton, New Hampshire ("Alton" or "the Town"). Industrial Communications and Electronics, Inc. ("Industrial Communications"), aims to construct a cell phone tower in Alton for two wireless companies. Claiming that only one site was suitable, Industrial Communications filed an application in September 2005 to construct the tower at 486 East Side Dr... More...    $0 (05-20-2011 - NH)

The plaintiff, Sarah Everitt, appeals an order of the Superior Court (McGuire, J.) granting summary judgment to the defendants, General Electric Company (GE) and Bruce A. Hawkom. We affirm. This is the second time this matter has come before us. A detailed account of the underlying facts of this case can be found in our previous decision, Everitt v. General Electric Company, 156 N.H. 202 (2007). W... More...    $0 (08-07-2009 - NH)

The Sierra Club, along with two other conservation groups (for simplicity we refer only to the Sierra Club), challenges the Forest Service's approval of two forest resource management projects in the White Mountain National Forest ("Forest" or "WMNF"): the Than Forest Resource Management Project ("Than Project") and the Batchelder Brook Vegetation Management Project ("Batchelder Project"). The di... More...    $0 (03-06-2009 - NH)

The spiraling cost of brand-name prescription drugs is a matter of great concern to government at every level. New Hampshire has attempted to curb this escalating problem by enacting innovative legislation. Certain affected companies have challenged New Hampshire's legislative response, and that challenge raises important constitutional questions that lie at the intersection of free speech and cyb... More...    $0 (11-28-2008 - NH)

Environmental Law - Administrative Law: This is an appeal by a lobster dealer (Little Bay Lobster Company) and several lobster boat operators based in New Hampshire from a decision of the district court sustaining new federal regulations affecting the plaintiffs. For convenience, we refer to the appellants collectively as "Little Bay" in describing the claims presented on appeal and assume fami... More...    $0 (12-22-2003 - NH)

In this zoning board appeal, the intervenor, Motiva Enterprises, LLC (Motiva) seeks to expand the commercial use of its property. The petitioners, Bernard J. Duffy, Eleanor K. Duffy, Donald R. Bryant and Eleanor G. Bryant, appeal a decision of the Superior Court (Fauver, J.) affirming a decision of the City of Dover Zoning Board of Adjustment (board) denying their claim that the intervenor's pr... More...    $0 (02-27-2003 - NH)

The plaintiff, Catrina Graves, appeals a ruling by the Superior Court (Hampsey, J.) granting the defendant, Franklin L. Estabrook's, motion to dismiss her complaint for negligent infliction of emotional distress. Estabook argued that because Graves was not related by blood or marriage to the decedent, but was only the decedent's fiancée, she cannot recover for negligent infliction of emotional ... More...    $0 (03-03-2003 - NH)

Plaintiff-appellant, Susan Rafferty ("Rafferty"), brings this appeal on behalf of herself and her child, Emily Rafferty ("Emily"). Rafferty appeals the district court's summary judgment order in favor of defendants-appellees, the Cranston Public School Committee; Robert Mattis, the Special Education Director; Joseph Herbold, the Director of Guidance; and Peter McWalters, the Commissioner of the Rh... More...    $0 (12-30-2002 - NH)

Plaintiff-appellant, Joel Patterson ("Joel"), brought common law and statutory claims against his adoptive father, defendant-appellee, Richard Patterson ("Richard"), for breach of fiduciary duty. Joel based his claims on Richard's alleged misappropriation of insurance proceeds following the death of Joel's mother, Penney Patterson ("Penney"). The district court granted the defendant's motion for s... More...    $0 (10-10-2002 - NH)

The plaintiffs allege the following facts. On September 13, 1998, Carol Allen was injured while participating in a recreational softball game ... More...    $0 (09-30-2002 - NH)

Wolfebor... More...    $0 (06-01-2001 - NH)

Appellee Meredith Motor Company ("Meredith") filed a protest with the New Hampshire Motor Vehicle Industry Board (the "Board") pursuant to that state's Motor Vehicle Franchise Act (the "Act"), N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 357-C, following appellant Ford Motor Company's ("Ford") decision to relocate a competing dealer into Meredith's market area. While that proceeding was pending, Ford filed this action ... More...    $0 (08-06-2001 - NH)