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Plaintiffs Jane Doe I, Jane Doe II and Jane Doe III are female student athletes who presently attend, or who have formerly attended, Concord High School. School photographs pertaining to the plaintiffs as student athleteswere discovered on a school-issued laptop computer assigned to William Haubrich, the former athletic director of Concord High School. The students' photographs are alleged by plaintiffs to have been found in proximity to pornographic photographs women who physically resembled the plaintiffs.

The plaintiffs, Chris Arnoldy ("Arnoldy") and Rebecca Drummond ("Drummond"), have brought a civil action against the City of Manchester ("the City"), the Manchester Police Department ("the Police Department"), and Manchester Police Officer Stephen Coco ("Coco"). This action arises out of Officer Coco's alleged shooting of the plaintiffs' dog, "Toby," in a local park. The City and the Police Department move to dismiss all counts of the action. In addition, Coco has filed a motion to dismiss two of the counts.

The plaintiffs file this law suit seeking damages for injuries the decedent suffered as a result of a car accident involving Jane Morgan, a woman the defendants hired to assist with an engagement party at their home. The plaintiffs allege that Ms. Morgan became intoxicated at the defendants' home and thereafter caused the accident which resulted in Edna Mae Thompson's death. As a result, the plaintiffs claim the defendants are liable as social hosts, that they are vicariously liable as the employer of Ms. Morgan, and that the defendants were negligent in their supervision of Ms. Morgan. The defendants' move for summary judgment on all counts, including counts for intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligent infliction of emotional distress.

This is a medical negligence action arising out of allegedly substandard care and treatment received by plaintiff’s decedent, Craig Hieber, at the emergency department of Catholic Medical Center (CMC) on July 18, 2002. In addition to the claim for negligent treatment of Mr. Hieber, the decedent’s wife, plaintiff Sherry Hieber, also seeks to recover in her own right and on behalf of her children for severe emotional harm manifested by physical symptoms sustained by them as a result of witnessing the negligent treatment provided to Mr. Hieber. Presently before the court is defendants’ Motion to Dismiss for Failure to Produce Properly Executed Releases for the Plaintiffs’ Medical Records. Although I agree with plaintiff that, at this point, dismissal is not an appropriate remedy, I also find that plaintiff must execute the releases sought by defendants.

The plaintiffs, Joseph Laramie and Timothy Hallam, brought separate actions against the above-captioned defendants, their employer, the New Hampshire Department of Corrections (DOC), their supervisor, Bruce Cattell, and co-workers Shawn Stone and Todd Connor. The cases were consolidated for pretrial purposes on August 14, 2006, since plaintiffs’ writs set forth virtually identical claims against the same defendants. In Count I of their writs, plaintiffs assert a claim against DOC for wrongful termination of their employment. Counts II and III allege, respectively, claims of intentional infliction of emotional distress and intentional interference with contractual relations against all the individual defendants. Count IV asserts a claim against defendant Cattell, warden of the New Hampshire State Prison in Concord at the relevant times, for deprivation of plaintiffs’ civil rights, in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“§ 1983”). Lastly, Count V asserts a claim for the so-called “false light” variety of tortious invasion of privacy, which plaintiff Laramie brings against defendants Stone and Connor and plaintiff Hallem brings against all individual defendants. Presently before the court are the defendants’ motions for summary judgment.

On May 5, 1997, the court held a hearing on defendants' motion to dismiss count IV of plaintiffs' writ. Defendants claim that plaintiff Dawn Brauel may not recover for negligent seriously injured and immediately observe the child at the accident scene" are entitled to recover for negligent infliction of emotional distress. Corso, 119 N.H. at 649, 659. The Court permitted recovery even though the parents did not witness the crash itself.