Latest New Hampshire Headlines
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N.H. Supreme Court: State Can’t Take Malpractice Reserves
Jan 28 2010 // New Hampshire’s highest court has ruled that state lawmakers cannot raid $110 million in reserves from the Joint Underwriting Association, which underwrites medical malpractice insurance in the state. The Supreme...
New Hampshire Avoids Malpractice Funds to Balance 2009 Books
Jan 25 2010 // New Hampshire is dipping into its savings — rather than a fund that underwrites malpractice insurance — for $80 million to close the books on the fiscal year that ended June 30. The state wanted to take $65...
New Hampshire House Hears Bills to Stop Home Sprinkler Mandate Today
Jan 12 2010 // The New Hampshire House is holding hearings on two bills today that would prevent the state from requiring sprinklers in homes. The bills would stop the state from enforcing amendments to building codes that expand...
Two Proposals to Amend New New Hampshire Sprinkler Regulations
Jan 5 2010 // The New Hampshire Legislature is expected to consider two bills that would prevent the state from enforcing amendments to building codes that expand requirements for sprinkler systems. Last month the Building Code Review...
New Hampshire to Require Sprinklers in All New Homes in 2012
Dec 18 2009 // A new portion of the New Hampshire building codes will require that sprinkler systems be installed in all new homes. WMUR-TV said the New Hampshire State Building Code Review Board voted to require sprinklers in every...
U.S. Offers Rewards to Help Solve New Hampshire Arsons
Dec 8 2009 // The federal government is offering rewards to help solve a string of arson fires that have plagued the city of Berlin for almost four years. The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says anyone who...
New Hampshire Promoting Safe Holidays with Proclamation
Nov 23 2009 // New Hampshire is promoting safe holidays with a new campaign against driving drunk or drugged. More than 200 state officials are expected to attend the campaign’s launch at the governor’s annual highway safety...
New Hampshire Creates Anonymous Tip Site for Misclassified Workers
Nov 12 2009 // New Hampshire authorities have created a new Web site that allows the public to anonymously report companies believed to have misclassified workers as independent contractors. The site is part of an effort by the...
Northeast Learns Lessons from ’08 Ice Storm
Nov 9 2009 // One of the huge pine trees that surrounded Sieglinde Poegel’s home of 42 years crashed through the roof and landed in her living room during the ice storm that crippled much of the Northeast last December. “It...
New Hampshire Argues Claim to $110M Malpractice Fund
Oct 15 2009 // New Hampshire will ask the state Supreme Court today to support its claim to $110 million in surplus from a fund that underwrites malpractice insurance. The central question is whether the fund’s policyholders have a...
New Hampshire Campground Owners Sued in Flood Death of R.I. Girl, 7
Oct 5 2009 // The family of a 7-year-old Rhode Island girl killed in a flash flood at a New Hampshire campground has sued its owners. Kaitlyn Ferra was vacationing with her parents, Brandon and Donna Ferra, and her brother at Ames Brook...
New Hampshire Campground Owners Sued in Flood Death
Sep 23 2009 // The family of a 7-year-old Rhode Island girl killed in a flash flood at a New Hampshire campground has sued its owners. Kaitlyn Ferra was vacationing with her parents, Brandon and Donna Ferra, and her brother at Ames Brook...
Forklift Accident Kills Man at New Hampshire Recycling Plant
Sep 21 2009 // Fire department officials say a worker died in a forklift accident as employees prepared to leave for the day at a metals recycling plant in Concord, N.H. An emergency call at about 5 p.m. Tuesday indicated the employee...
New Hampshire GOP Asks Governor to Work on Budget Changes
Sep 4 2009 // New Hampshire Republican legislators want Gov. John Lynch to work with them on budget changes should the state lose its claim to $110 million in a medical malpractice fund. Republican legislators held a news conference...
New Hampshire Man Convicted of Insurance Fraud
Aug 28 2009 // A Strafford, New Hampshire, man has been convicted of staging a burglary at his home in order to collect insurance money. The attorney general’s office says 28-year-old Bradford Sargent reported the burglary to...
New Hampshire Court Sets October Date for Malpractice Fund Arguments
Aug 19 2009 // The New Hampshire Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments on Oct. 15 in a dispute between the state and medical providers over $110 million in a malpractice fund. The state had asked the court to expedite the appeal....
New Hampshire Challenged on Speedy Malpractice Fund Appeal
Aug 13 2009 // A group of medical providers is challenging New Hampshire’s request for a speedy appeals process in a dispute over a malpractice fund. Lawyers for Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia and other policyholders of...
New Hampshire Appeals Ruling Denying Malpractice Fund Claim
Aug 6 2009 // New Hampshire has appealed a lower court ruling denying its claim to a $110 million surplus in a fund that underwrites malpractice insurance. The state counted on $65 million of the money to help balance the budget in the...
Highway-Crash Suit Focuses on New Hampshire Police Reports
Aug 3 2009 // A Canadian trucking company that is suing the state of New Hampshire over winter road conditions that led to the Interstate 93 traffic death of a 6-year-old boy says the state is withholding police accident reports in an...
New Hampshire Judge Rejects State’s Claim on Malpractice Fund
Jul 31 2009 // A New Hampshire judge has rejected the state’s claim on a $110 million surplus in a fund that underwrites malpractice insurance. The state counted on $65 million of the money to help balance the budget in the fiscal...
