EDUCATION LAW—SCHOOL FUNDING AND ATTORNEYS FEES Cheshire No. 2017-0422 August 17, 2018 Reversed Whether the school district is entitled to attorney’s fees following a successful school funding lawsuit. In 2016, Bedford sued the State—and the...
CRIMINAL LAW—VACATING PLEA AGREEMENTS AND INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL Strafford No. 2017-0385 August 17, 2018 Affirmed Whether, in the circumstances of this case, the defendant’s guilty plea to three counts of aggravated felonious sexual...
CRIMINAL LAW—MIRANDA WARNINGS In Re E.G. 10th Circuit Court-Derry Family Division No. 2017-0375 August 17, 20 Affirmed Whether a juvenile was “in custody” and therefore entitled to Miranda warnings when police questioned the juvenile at his...
FAMILY LAW—INCONENIENT FORUM ISSUE 9th Circuit Court-Nashua Family Division No. 2017-0518 August 10, 2018 Reversed and remanded Whether the family court should have relinquished jurisdiction over a parenting plan when the mother and child...
TORT LAW—WORK-RELATED INJURY Strafford No. 2017-0371 August 8. 2018 Affirmed Whether the defendants, a construction company and its insurer, owed a duty of care to provide supervision, training or safety equipment to the plaintiff, an employee of...
LEGAL MALPRACTICE Merrimack No. 2017-0035 August 8, 2018 Reversed and Remanded Whether settlement of an underlying action bars suit, as a matter of law, against an attorney for malpractice arising from that underlying action. The...
June 20, 2018 At-a-Glance Contributor Laura D. Devine Civil Litigation Attorney Boyle Shaughnessy Law, Manchester, NH May 2018 Administrative Law Appeal from the Site Evaluation Committee Appeal of Mary Allen & a., No. 2017-0313 May...
Summarized by Sarah E. Lavoie Criminal Law No. 2016-0535 No. 2016-0535 October 4, 2017 Vacated and Remanded Addressing whether the enumerated factors for addressing the necessity for a deposition is the same under RSA 517:13, II(a) and (b). The...
