Stare Decisis

Hilario v. Reardon, 2007-390 (N.H. S.Ct., Nov. 7, 2008)

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GALWAY, J. The plaintiff, Jose Hilario, appeals an order of the Superior Court (Lynn, C.J.) dismissing his legal malpractice action against the defendant, Attorney Neil J. Reardon. We reverse and remand.

State v. Matthews, 2007-244 (N.H. S.Ct., Jun. 27, 2008)

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HICKS, J. The defendant, Judith Matthews, appeals an order of the Superior Court (Nadeau, J.) granting the State’s motion to remand the case to district court to be entered as a conviction for a class B misdemeanor. See RSA 625:9, VIII (2007). She argues that the superior court’s reliance upon a recent amendment to RSA 625:9, VIII violates the constitutional guarantee against retrospective laws in Part I, Article 23 of the New Hampshire Constitution. We affirm.

Alonzi v. Northeast Generation Services Co. et al., 2007-039 (N.H. S.Ct., Jan. 15, 2008)

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BRODERICK, C.J. This case comes before us on interlocutory appeal from a ruling by the Superior Court (Mohl, J.), see Sup. Ct. R. 8, declining to dismiss negligence and wrongful death actions filed by the plaintiff, Michelle Alonzi, as administratrix of the estate of Glenn Hopkins, against defendant Northeast Generation Services Company (NGS). Because we overrule Park v. Rockwell International Corp., 121 N.H.