Articles by Lynne Tuohy

New Hampshire Law to Ban Handheld Devices While Driving

Motorists travelling through New Hampshire are seeing electronic highway signs warning them about distracted driving — the first messages in what will become a full-blown public awareness campaign about a law that banning the use of all hand-held electronic devices …

N.H. Court Upholds Assault Conviction in Texting-While-Driving Case

New Hampshire’s highest court is upholding the assault conviction of a driver who was reading a text message as his car drifted across two lanes and into oncoming traffic. The state Supreme Court’s ruling means that 30-year-old Chad Belleville will …

N.H. Court Upholds Local Government Center Repayment Decision

The New Hampshire Supreme Court has upheld an order for the Local Government Center to return $33 million in surplus risk-pool funds to participating cities and towns and restore $17 million it transferred out of its HealthTrust risk pool. The …

OSHA Fines New Hampshire Paper Company in Worker Death

A federal agency is fining a New Hampshire paper company for intentional safety violations in the death of a 34-year-old worker who was pulled through a paper rolling machine. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined the APC Paper …

New Hampshire Woman Blinded by Drug Wins $21M

A federal jury in New Hampshire has awarded $21 million to a woman blinded and scarred by a prescription drug she took for shoulder pain. Karen Bartlett, 51, of Plaistow suffered extreme burns to her skin, mucus membranes and eyes …

New Hampshire Woman Blinded by Drug Wins $21M in Lawsuit

A federal jury in New Hampshire has awarded $21 million to a woman blinded and scarred by a prescription drug she took for shoulder pain. Karen Bartlett, 51, of Plaistow suffered extreme burns to her skin, mucus membranes and eyes …

New Hampshire Jury Deliberates Federal Drug Liability Case

A New Hampshire woman is seeking more than $24 million in damages from the maker of a prescription drug she took to ease shoulder pain, but suffered a reaction so severe that she is now blind and scarred by internal …