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On May 19, 2008, a jury returned verdicts against the above-named defendants and awarded damages to Plaintiffs Hallam and Laramie in the amounts of $1.3 million and $650,000, respectively. Before the court is the defendants' motion to apply the statutory cap on liability pursuant to RSA 541-B:14. The court held a hearing on this matter on July 23, 2008. After consideration of the parties' oral and written submissions and the applicable law, the court finds and rules as follows.

HORTON, J., retired, specially assigned under RSA 490:3. The plaintiffs appeal an order of the Superior Court (Hollman, J.) dismissing their petition for declaratory judgment. We affirm the result, albeit on different grounds.

Sherman D. Horton, Jr., David A. Brock, and John T. Broderick, Jr. have filed a Petition for Declaratory Judgment and Other Relief seeking, inter alia, to be paid and/or reimbursed by the State of New Hampshire their reasonable legal fees and costs incurred as a result of the claims they have been subjected to, and have prevailed as to, involved in the impeachment proceedings initiated by the New Hampshire House of Representatives on or about April 13, 2000.