All the headlines from our New Hampshire Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 29 2010 // You play golf, you assume risks. So says New Hampshire’s Supreme Court.The state’s highest court has upheld dismissal of a negligence lawsuit brought by an injured golfer against Candia Woods Golf Links. Paul...
Nov 2 2010 // A preliminary state report says New Hampshire’s Local Government Center may have violated the law by reorganizing improperly and by failing to return surplus money from its insurance programs to communities. Center...
Oct 12 2010 // Authorities say eight fires in 16 hours in Manchester, New Hampshire were arson.Fire officials say they started Saturday afternoon and ended Sunday. No injuries or serious damage have been reported. District Fire Chief...
Sep 28 2010 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Hampshire (PIANH) has elected Lisa Nolan as president.She is senior executive vice president of the Watson Insurance Agency in Manchester, New Hampshire, and served as the...
Sep 27 2010 // Senate members of the legislative rules committee have objected to rule changes for the malpractice insurance fund proposed by the New Hampshire insurance commissioner.The joint legislative committee on Friday raised...
Sep 20 2010 // 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...
Sep 13 2010 // 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...
Sep 7 2010 // 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 and...
Aug 25 2010 // The Association Members Workers’ Compensation Trust said it will pay dividends totaling $245,000 to New Hampshire businesses that participated in the program between 2004 to 2006.The dividends, a portion of which...
Aug 17 2010 // Six months after a massive fire destroyed a block of businesses at New Hampshire’s Hampton Beach, investigators still can’t say what caused it.Hampton Fire Chief Chris Silver tells the Portsmouth Herald five...
Jul 27 2010 // The Hanover has appointed Michael H. Lee as branch vice president for Commercial Lines for the company’s New Hampshire and Vermont markets.In this new role, Lee will lead the company’s efforts to strengthen its...
Jul 19 2010 // Surplus lines taxes in New Hampshire have gone up 50 percent, as a law change passed earlier this year went into effect this month.The tax rate now stands at 3 percent of premiums, up from 2 percent. Originally, lawmakers...
Jul 13 2010 // Surplus lines taxes in New Hampshire have gone up 50 percent, as a law change earlier this year went into effect this month.The tax rate now stands at 3 percent of premiums, up from 2 percent. Originally, lawmakers had...
Jun 3 2010 // A jury says the New Hampshire Transportation Department was not responsible for a 2007 Interstate 93 crash that killed a 6-year-old boy.A jury in Rockingham Superior Court returned the verdict following a civil trial. A...
May 26 2010 // The tug-of-war over surplus money in a state-created malpractice insurance fund intensified Monday, with the insurance commissioner seeking to change the fund’s rules and the policyholders heading back to court.The...
May 24 2010 // New Hampshire-based Masiello Insurance Agency Inc. has opened a Seacoast office in the Granite State.The Hampton office, which serves both southern Maine and eastern New Hampshire, is operated by Joe Frechette — a...
May 24 2010 // A trial is underway in New Hampshire in a lawsuit brought against the state Department of Transportation by a Canadian trucking company involved a February 2007 crash that killed a 6-year-old boy.Fidele Tremblay claims the...
May 17 2010 // The investigation into a series of explosions at a gun and ammunition manufacturing plant in far northern New Hampshire that killed two people has led to one machine, the state’s fire marshal said Saturday.Bill...
May 6 2010 // The New Hampshire House votes Wednesday whether to make boat speed limits permanent on the state’s largest lake. The House will consider a Senate bill that raises the daytime limit to 50 mph and the nighttime limit...
Apr 28 2010 // Federal officials want to review a New Hampshire collision that killed four people, three in a Toyota Highlander. The Boston Globe reports the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration received two consumer complaints...