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2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 507-E - Medical Injury Actions › Section 507-E:2 - Burden of Proof.

507-E:2 Burden of Proof. –
I. In any action for medical injury, the plaintiff shall have the burden of proving by affirmative evidence which must include expert testimony of a competent witness or witnesses:
(a) The standard of reasonable professional practice in the medical care provider's profession or specialty thereof, if any, at the time the medical care in question was rendered; and
(b) That the medical care provider failed to act in accordance with such standard; and
(c) That as a proximate result thereof, the injured person suffered injuries which would not otherwise have occurred.
II. Without limiting the applicability of paragraph I of this section, where the plaintiff claims that a medical care provider failed to supply adequate information to obtain the informed consent of the injured person:
(a) The plaintiff shall have the burden of proving by affirmative evidence, which must include expert testimony of a competent witness or witnesses, that the treatment, procedure or surgery was performed in other than an emergency situation and that the medical care provider did not supply that type of information regarding the treatment, procedure or surgery as should reasonably have been given to a patient in the position of the injured person or other persons authorized to give consent for such a patient by other competent medical care providers with similar training and experience at the time of the treatment, procedure or surgery.
(b) In determining whether the plaintiff has satisfied the requirements of subparagraph (a) of this paragraph, the following matters shall also be considered as material issues:
(1) Whether the injured person or person giving consent on his behalf could reasonably be expected to know of the risks or hazards inherent in such treatment, procedure, or surgery;
(2) Whether the injured person or the person giving consent on his behalf knew of the risks or hazards inherent in such treatment, procedure, or surgery;
(3) Whether the injured party would have undergone the treatment, procedure, or surgery regardless of the risk involved or whether he declined to be informed thereof;
(4) Whether it was reasonable for the medical care provider to limit disclosure of information because such disclosure could be expected to adversely and substantially affect the injured person's condition.
III. The requirements of this section are not satisfied by evidence of loss of opportunity for a substantially better outcome. However, this paragraph shall not bar claims based on evidence that negligent conduct by the defendant medical provider or providers proximately caused the ultimate harm, regardless of the chance of survival or recovery from an underlying condition.
Source.
1986, 227:4. 2003, 208:2, eff. June 30, 2003.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 507-E - Medical Injury Actions › Section 507-E:3 - Settlement Agreements.

507-E:3 Settlement Agreements. –
Any portion of a settlement agreement in an action for medical injury which has the purpose or effect of prohibiting disclosure of relevant information to the appropriate state medical licensing board is void, contrary to public policy, and shall not be enforced.
Source.
2003, 195:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 507-E - Medical Injury Actions › Section 507-E:4 - Evidence of Admissions of Liability.

507-E:4 Evidence of Admissions of Liability. –
I. In this section "family" means spouse, parent, grandparent, stepfather, stepmother, child, adopted child, grandchild, brother, sister, half-brother, half-sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law.
II. A statement, writing, or action that expresses sympathy, compassion, commiseration, or a general sense of benevolence relating to the pain, suffering, or death of an individual and that is made to that individual or to the individual's family is inadmissible as evidence of an admission of liability in a medical injury action.
III. This section does not apply to a statement of fault, negligence, or culpable conduct that is part of or made in addition to a statement, writing, or action described in paragraph II.
Source.
2005, 144:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 507-F - Alcoholic Beverage Licensee Liability › Section 507-F:1 - Definitions.

507-F:1 Definitions. –
In this chapter:
I. "Adult" means any person of legal age to purchase alcoholic beverages, or older as defined by RSA 175:1, I.
II. "Alcoholic beverages" means liquor and beverages as those terms are defined in RSA 175:1, VIII and XLII.
III. "Intoxicated person" means an individual who is in a state of intoxication as defined by this chapter.
IV. "Intoxication" means an impairment of a person's mental or physical faculties as a result of drug or alcoholic beverage use so as to diminish that person's ability to think and act in a manner in which an ordinary prudent and cautious person, in full possession of his faculties and using reasonable care, would act under like circumstances.
V. "Licensee" means any person who is required to be licensed to serve alcoholic beverages under RSA 178 and 179.
VI. "Minor" means any person under the legal age to purchase alcoholic beverages.
VII. "Person" means any individual, governmental body, corporation or other legal entity.
VIII. "Premises" means any establishment licensed or required to be licensed under RSA 175:1, LIV.
IX. "Service of alcoholic beverage" or "service" means any sale, gift, or other furnishing of alcoholic beverages.
Source.
1986, 227:11. 1990, 255:13-15, eff. July 1, 1990.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 507-F - Alcoholic Beverage Licensee Liability › Section 507-F:2 - Plaintiff.

507-F:2 Plaintiff. –
I. Any person who suffers damage, as provided in RSA 507-F:8, may bring an action under this chapter subject to the limitation found in paragraph II of this section.
II. A person who becomes intoxicated may not bring an action under RSA 507-F:4 against a defendant for serving alcoholic beverages to such person.
Source.
1986, 227:11, eff. July 1, 1986.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 507-F - Alcoholic Beverage Licensee Liability › Section 507-F:3 - Defendants.

507-F:3 Defendants. –
Any person licensed or required to be licensed under RSA 178:1, I and any employee or agent of such person who commits an act giving rise to liability, as provided in RSA 507-F:4 and 5, may be made a defendant to a claim under the provisions of this chapter.
Source.
1986, 227:11. 1990, 255:16, eff. July 1, 1990.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 507-F - Alcoholic Beverage Licensee Liability › Section 507-F:4 - Negligent Service of Alcoholic Beverages.

507-F:4 Negligent Service of Alcoholic Beverages. –
I. A defendant who negligently serves alcoholic beverages to a minor or to an intoxicated person is liable for resulting damages, subject to the provisions of this chapter.
II. Service of alcoholic beverages to a minor or to an intoxicated person is negligent if the defendant knows or if a reasonably prudent person in like circumstances would know that the person being served is a minor or is intoxicated.
III. Proof of service of alcoholic beverages to a minor without request for proof of age as required by RSA 179:8 shall be admissible as evidence of negligence.
IV. Service of alcoholic beverages by a defendant to an adult person who subsequently serves a minor off the premises or who is legally permitted to serve a minor does not constitute service to the minor unless a reasonably prudent person in like circumstances would know that such subsequent service is reasonably likely to occur and is illegal.
V. A defendant does not have a duty to investigate whether a person being served alcoholic beverages intends to serve the alcoholic beverages to other persons off the premises.
VI. A defendant is not chargeable with knowledge of a person's consumption of alcoholic beverages or other drugs off the defendant's premises, when the person misrepresents such consumption or the amount of such consumption, unless the defendant's service to such person qualifies as reckless under RSA 507-F:5.
VII. A defendant is not under a duty to recognize signs of a person's intoxication other than those normally associated with the consumption of alcoholic beverages except for intoxication resulting in whole or in part from other drugs consumed on defendant's premises with defendant's actual or constructive knowledge.
Source.
1986, 227:11. 1990, 255:17. 1993, 48:18, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 507-F - Alcoholic Beverage Licensee Liability › Section 507-F:5 - Reckless Service of Alcoholic Beverages.

507-F:5 Reckless Service of Alcoholic Beverages. –
I. A person who becomes intoxicated may bring an action against a defendant for serving alcoholic beverages only when the server of such beverages is reckless. The service of alcoholic beverages is reckless when a defendant intentionally serves alcoholic beverages to a person when the server knows, or a reasonable person in his position should have known, that such service creates an unreasonable risk of physical harm to the drinker or to others that is substantially greater than that which is necessary to make his conduct negligent.
II. A defendant who recklessly provides alcoholic beverages to another is liable for resulting damages.
III. Specific serving practices that are admissible as evidence of reckless conduct include, but are not limited to, the following:
(a) Active encouragement of intoxicated persons to consume substantial amounts of alcoholic beverages.
(b) Service of alcoholic beverages to a person, 16 years of age or under, when the server knows or should reasonably know the patron's age.
(c) Service of alcoholic beverages to a patron that is so continuous and excessive that it creates a substantial risk of death by alcohol poisoning.
(d) The active assistance by a defendant of a patron into a motor vehicle when the patron is so intoxicated that such assistance is required, and the defendant knows or should know that the intoxicated person intends to operate the motor vehicle.
Source.
1986, 227:11, eff. July 1, 1986.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 507-F - Alcoholic Beverage Licensee Liability › Section 507-F:7 - Privileges.

507-F:7 Privileges. –
I. No defendant may be held civilly liable for damages resulting from the refusal to serve alcoholic beverages to any person who:
(a) Fails to show proof of age as required by RSA 179:8; or
(b) Appears to a reasonable person to be a minor; or
(c) Is refused service of alcoholic beverages by defendant in a good faith effort to prevent that person's intoxication.
II. No defendant may be held civilly liable for retaining documents presented as proof of age, provided such retention is for a reasonable length of time in a good faith effort to determine whether the person is of legal age or to notify law enforcement authorities of a suspected violation of law.
III. No defendant may be held civilly liable for using reasonable force to detain a person who is attempting to operate a motor vehicle while intoxicated for a reasonable period of time, necessary to summon law enforcement officers.
IV. This section does not limit a defendant's right to assert any other defense to a civil liability claim otherwise provided by law.
Source.
1986, 227:11. 1990, 255:19, eff. July 1, 1990.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 507-F - Alcoholic Beverage Licensee Liability › Section 507-F:8 - Exclusive Remedy.

507-F:8 Exclusive Remedy. –
This chapter is the exclusive remedy against a defendant for claims by those suffering damages based on the defendant's service of alcoholic beverages.
Source.
1986, 227:11, eff. July 1, 1986.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 507-G - Frivolous Actions Against Teachers and Other Education Employees › Section 507-G:1 - Title.

507-G:1 Title. –
This chapter may be cited as the Penalties for Frivolous Actions Against Teachers and Other Education Employees Act.
Source.
2002, 149:1, eff. July 14, 2002.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 507-G - Frivolous Actions Against Teachers and Other Education Employees › Section 507-G:2 - Purpose.

507-G:2 Purpose. –
The general court finds that good order and discipline are necessary to provide New Hampshire students with a proper learning environment and that "employees," as defined in RSA 507-G:3, should not be inhibited in their attempts to enforce good order and discipline by the threat of civil actions against them.
Source.
2002, 149:1, eff. July 14, 2002.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 507-G - Frivolous Actions Against Teachers and Other Education Employees › Section 507-G:3 - Definitions.

507-G:3 Definitions. –
In this chapter, "employee" means any individual elected or appointed to an educational entity, any individual who is an employee of such an entity, and any employee of a company under contract to a school or school district who is directly engaged in student-related services.
Source.
2002, 149:1, eff. July 14, 2002.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 507-G - Frivolous Actions Against Teachers and Other Education Employees › Section 507-G:4 - Penalties for Frivolous Actions Against Employees.

507-G:4 Penalties for Frivolous Actions Against Employees. –
I. If, during any phase of a tort action brought against an employee which results from an action taken while the employee is directly engaged in student-related services, it appears to the court by a preponderance of evidence that the action is frivolous, or intended to harass or intimidate the named employee or any other employee involved in the student-related services at issue, or both; then the court, upon motion of a party or upon its own motion, may order summary judgment or other relief against the party who brought such action, and it shall award costs and reasonable attorneys' fees to the prevailing party or parties. Costs shall include, but not be limited to, all reasonable pre-trial investigation and tribunal time and expenses. The court shall report such conduct to the professional conduct committee.
II. In addition to the above, the court shall order the party bringing the action against an employee to pay the sum of $1,000 to each of the prevailing parties.
Source.
2002, 149:1, eff. July 14, 2002.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 508 - Limitation of Actions › Section 508:1 - Limitation of Chapter.

508:1 Limitation of Chapter. –
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to cases in which a different time is limited by statute.
Source.
RS 181:11. CS 192:11. GS 202:10. GL 221:10. PS 217:10. PL 329:10. RL 385:10.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 508 - Limitation of Actions › Section 508:2 - Real Actions.

508:2 Real Actions. –
I. No action for the recovery of real estate shall be brought after 20 years from the time the right to recover first accrued to the party claiming it or to some persons under whom the party claims.
II. No action for the recovery of real estate pursuant to rights based on a possibility of reverter, right of re-entry, or executory interest shall be brought after 5 years from the time the right to recover possession or the right of re-entry first accrued to the party claiming it or to some persons under whom the party claims.
Source.
RS 181:1. CS 192:1. GS 202:1. GL 221:1. PS 217:1. PL 329:1. RL 385:1. 2008, 228:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 508 - Limitation of Actions › Section 508:3 - Disabilities.

508:3 Disabilities. –
If the person first entitled to bring an action for recovery of real estate is an infant or mentally incompetent at the time the right accrues, the action may be brought within 5 years after such disability is removed.
Source.
RS 181:2. CS 192:2. GS 202:2. GL 221:2. PS 217:2. PL 329:2. RL 385:2.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 508 - Limitation of Actions › Section 508:4 - Personal Actions.

508:4 Personal Actions. –
I. Except as otherwise provided by law, all personal actions, except actions for slander or libel, may be brought only within 3 years of the act or omission complained of, except that when the injury and its causal relationship to the act or omission were not discovered and could not reasonably have been discovered at the time of the act or omission, the action shall be commenced within 3 years of the time the plaintiff discovers, or in the exercise of reasonable diligence should have discovered, the injury and its causal relationship to the act or omission complained of.
II. Personal actions for slander or libel, unless otherwise provided by law, may be brought only within 3 years of the time the cause of action accrued.
Source.
RS 181:3, 4. CS 192:3, 4. GS 202:3. GL 221:3. PS 217:3. PL 329:3. 1937, 21:1. RL 385:3. RSA 508:4. 1969, 378:1. 1981, 514:1. 1986, 227:12, eff. July 1, 1986.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 508 - Limitation of Actions › Section 508:4-b - Damages From Construction.

508:4-b Damages From Construction. –
I. Except as otherwise provided in this section, all actions to recover damages for injury to property, injury to the person, wrongful death or economic loss arising out of any deficiency in the creation of an improvement to real property, including without limitation the design, labor, materials, engineering, planning, surveying, construction, observation, supervision or inspection of that improvement, shall be brought within 8 years from the date of substantial completion of the improvement, and not thereafter.
II. The term "substantial completion" means that construction is sufficiently complete so that an improvement may be utilized by its owner or lawful possessor for the purposes intended. In the case of a phased project with more than one substantial completion date, the 8-year period of limitations for actions involving systems designed to serve the entire project shall not begin until all phases of the project are substantially complete.
III. If an improvement to real property is expressly warranted or guaranteed in writing for a period longer than 8 years, the period of limitation set out in paragraph I shall extend to equal the longer period of warranty or guarantee.
IV. In all actions for negligence in design or construction described in paragraph I, the standard of care used to determine negligence shall be the standard of care applicable to the activity giving rise to the cause of action at the time the activity was performed, rather than a standard applicable to a later time.
V. (a) The limitation set out in paragraph I shall not apply to actions involving fraudulent misrepresentations, or to actions involving the fraudulent concealment of material facts upon which a claim might be based. Such actions shall be brought within 8 years after the date on which all relevant facts are, or with due care ought to be, discovered by the person bringing the action.
(b) The 8-year limitation period in paragraph I shall not apply to actions arising out of any deficiency in the design, labor, materials, planning, engineering, surveying, observation, supervision, inspection or construction of improvements which are for nuclear power generation, nuclear waste storage, or the long-term storage of hazardous materials.
VI. Nothing in this section shall affect the liabilities of a person having actual possession or control of an improvement to real property as owner or lawful possessor thereof, and nothing contained in this section shall alter or amend the time within which an action in tort may be brought for damages arising out of negligence in the repair, maintenance or upkeep of an improvement to real property.
Source.
1965, 118:1. 1990, 164:2, eff. June 26, 1990.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 508 - Limitation of Actions › Section 508:4-c - Elimination of Ad Damnum Clause.

508:4-c Elimination of Ad Damnum Clause. –
In any personal action, the declaration or other affirmative pleading shall not specify or allege the amount of damages claimed, but shall, instead, state that the damages claimed are within any minimum or maximum jurisdictional limits of the court to which the pleading is addressed.
Source.
1985, 354:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 508 - Limitation of Actions › Section 508:4-d - Damages Recoverable for Non-Economic Loss.

508:4-d Damages Recoverable for Non-Economic Loss. –
I. In any action for personal injury, the damages awarded may include compensation for non-economic loss, including pain and suffering and such other elements of damage which are recognized by law and which are not objectively verifiable monetary losses. However, damages for non-economic loss shall in no case exceed $875,000.
II. In trials to a jury, the jury shall not be informed of the maximum allowable amount prescribed in paragraph I of this section. If the jury awards total damages in excess of the maximum allowable amount, the court shall inquire of the jury as to the portion of the damages attributed to non-economic loss. If that portion of the damages exceeds the maximum allowable amount, the court shall reduce damages awarded for non-economic loss to the maximum allowable amount.
Source.
1986, 227:13, eff. July 1, 1986.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 508 - Limitation of Actions › Section 508:4-e - Attorneys' Fees for Services.

508:4-e Attorneys' Fees for Services. –
I. Contingent fee agreements between attorney and client shall be governed by Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 1.5 as it may be amended by the supreme court from time to time and by any other rules regarding fees which are adopted or amended by the court.
II. No attorney shall enter into such a contingent fee arrangement with his or her client without first advising the client of his or her right and affording the client an opportunity to retain the attorney under an arrangement whereby the attorney would be compensated on the basis of the reasonable value of his or her services.
III. All fees and costs for actions, resulting in settlement or judgment of $200,000 or more, shall be subject to approval by the court.
Source.
1986, 227:13. 2002, 153:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2003.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 508 - Limitation of Actions › Section 508:4-f - Bidders on Construction Contracts.

508:4-f Bidders on Construction Contracts. –
Any person, firm, association or corporation which suffers damages as a result of a competitive bid for a project involving the construction, repair, remodeling, alteration, conversion, modernization, improvement, rehabilitation, replacement, or renovation of a building or structure not being awarded due to another person, firm, association or corporation knowingly violating RSA 281-A:5 of the workers' compensation law may bring an action for damages or other relief in the superior court against said violator.
Source.
1991, 376:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 508 - Limitation of Actions › Section 508:4-g - Actions Based on Sexual Assault and Related Offenses.

508:4-g Actions Based on Sexual Assault and Related Offenses. –
A person, alleging to have been subjected to any offense under RSA 632-A or an offense under RSA 639:2 may commence a personal action at any time.
Source.
2005, 283:1. 2008, 193:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009. 2020, 24:11, eff. Sept. 18, 2020.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 508 - Limitation of Actions › Section 508:4-h - State as Plaintiff.

508:4-h State as Plaintiff. –
I. Except as otherwise provided by law, all personal actions or civil enforcement actions in which the state is a plaintiff shall be brought within 3 years of the date when the plaintiff agency, department, authority, or official possessed actual knowledge of the act, omission, or violation complained of, unless the state demonstrates that the delay was not unreasonable or prejudicial to the defendant, or that the detriment to the public caused by the delay outweighs the detriment to defendant. Such limitation shall not apply to any violation or wrong that is ongoing or has otherwise not been corrected.
II. For toll violations, the limitation period under paragraph I shall not begin until one year after the effective date of the denial of motor vehicle registration renewal privileges.
Source.
2017, 159:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2018.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 508 - Limitation of Actions › Section 508:5 - Specialties.

508:5 Specialties. –
Actions of debt upon judgments, recognizances, and contracts under seal may be brought within 20 years after the cause of action accrued, and not afterward.
Source.
RS 181:5. CS 192:5. GS 202:4. GL 221:4. PS 217:4. PL 329:4. RL 385:4.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 508 - Limitation of Actions › Section 508:6 - Mortgage Notes.

508:6 Mortgage Notes. –
Actions upon notes secured by a mortgage of real estate may be brought so long as the plaintiff is entitled to bring an action upon the mortgage.
Source.
RS 181:6. CS 192:6. GS 202:5. GL 221:5. PS 217:5. PL 329:5. RL 385:5.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 508 - Limitation of Actions › Section 508:7 - Writs of Error.

508:7 Writs of Error. –
Writs of error may be sued out within 3 years after judgment and not afterward, unless allowed by the court for sufficient cause, upon petition and notice.
Source.
RS 181:7. CS 192:7. GS 202:6. GL 221:6. PS 217:6. PL 329:6. RL 385:6.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 508 - Limitation of Actions › Section 508:8 - Disabilities.

508:8 Disabilities. –
An infant or mentally incompetent person may bring a personal action within 2 years after such disability is removed.
Source.
RS 181:8. CS 192:8. GS 202:7. GL 221:7. PS 217:7. PL 329:7. RL 385:7.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 508 - Limitation of Actions › Section 508:9 - Defendant's Absence.

508:9 Defendant's Absence. –
If the defendant in a personal action was absent from and residing out of the state at the time the cause of action accrued, or afterward, the time of such absence shall be excluded in computing the time limited for bringing the action.
Source.
RS 181:9. CS 192:9. GS 202:8. GL 221:8. PS 217:8. PL 329:8. RL 385:8.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 508 - Limitation of Actions › Section 508:10 - Second Suit.

508:10 Second Suit. –
If judgment is rendered against the plaintiff in an action brought within the time limited therefor, or upon a writ of error thereon, and the right of action is not barred by the judgment, a new action may be brought thereon in one year after the judgment.
Source.
RS 181:10. CS 192:10. GS 202:9. GL 221:9. PS 217:9. PL 329:9. RL 385:9.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 508 - Limitation of Actions › Section 508:11 - Breach of Contract to Marry.

508:11 Breach of Contract to Marry. –
Breach of contract to marry shall not constitute an injury or wrong recognized by law, and no action, suit, or proceeding shall be maintained therefor.
Source.
1941, 150:1, 2. RL 385:11.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 508 - Limitation of Actions › Section 508:12 - Aid at Scene of Emergency or to Victim of Crime.

508:12 Aid at Scene of Emergency or to Victim of Crime. –
I. If any person in good faith renders emergency care at the place of the happening of an emergency or to a victim of a crime or delinquent act or while in transit in an ambulance or rescue vehicle, to a person who is in urgent need of care as a result of the emergency or crime or a delinquent act, and if the acts of care are made in good faith and without willful or wanton negligence, the person who renders the care is not liable in civil damages for his acts or omissions in rendering the care, as long as he receives no direct compensation for the care from or on behalf of the person cared for. Any person rendering emergency care shall have the duty to place the injured person under the care of a physician, nurse, or other person qualified to care for such person as soon as possible and to obey the instructions of such qualified person.
II. Nothing in this section shall be used to construe that the perpetrator of a crime or a delinquent act or his accomplice shall be rendered innocent of liability.
III. A law enforcement officer acting in the line of duty who in good faith and without negligence renders emergency care or transport pursuant to paragraph I is exempt from civil liability under the provisions of paragraph I.
Source.
1967, 128:1. 1969, 130:1. 1971, 222:1. 1977, 148:1. 1985, 294:1, eff. Aug. 13, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 508 - Limitation of Actions › Section 508:12-a - Limitation of Liability.

508:12-a Limitation of Liability. –
I. No licensed physician, registered nurse or hospital shall be liable in a suit for damages as a result of any act or omission related to advice, consultation or orders given in good faith to emergency medical care providers licensed under RSA 153-A, by radio, telephone or other remote means of communication under emergency conditions and prior to arrival of the patient at the hospital, clinic, office, or other health facility from which the emergency communication to the emergency medical care provider is made, unless the act or omission was a result of gross negligence or willful misconduct.
II. No emergency medical care provider licensed under RSA 153-A shall be liable in a suit for damages as a result of any act or omission made within the level of his training and certification and in good faith based upon advice, consultation, or orders by remote communication as described in paragraph I unless said act or omission was a result of gross negligence or willful misconduct.
III. (a) No person or corporation shall be liable in any suit for civil damages who, in good faith and without willful or wanton negligence receives, develops, collects, provides, or processes information for the enhanced 911 database or the statewide emergency notification system (ENS) database, relays or transfers enhanced 911 services, transmits ENS messages and notifications to the public, or provides emergency telephone and radio communications for ambulance, police and fire departments.
(b) No person or corporation shall be liable in any suit for civil damages who, in good faith and without willful or wanton negligence receives, develops, collects, provides, or processes information within any entity storing 911 records used in the provision of enhanced 911 services or for emergency notification system purposes.
Source.
1977, 106:3. 1979, 258:1. 1985, 97:3. 1992, 48:11; 165:6. 1999, 345:10, eff. July 1, 1999. 2010, 271:3, eff. Aug. 6, 2010.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 508 - Limitation of Actions › Section 508:12-b - Liability Limited; Fire Department, Emergency Service, and Rescue Squad Members.

508:12-b Liability Limited;  Fire Department, Emergency Service, and Rescue Squad Members. –
I. No person who is a volunteer, "part paid" or "call" member of a nonprofit fire department, emergency service or rescue squad operating in any political subdivision shall be held personally liable in any action to recover for personal injury or property damage arising out of any act performed or occurring in the furtherance of his official duties. Nothing in this section shall affect the liability of the political subdivision, department, service or squad served by such person. Nothing in this section shall affect the liability of such person for damages arising out of willful misconduct, gross negligence, or operation under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
II. In this section:
(a) "Call" member means any member other than a full-time paid employee who receives payment for each emergency response.
(b) "Official duties" mean emergency duties only.
(c) "Part paid" member means any member other than a full-time paid employee who receives an annual retainer or stipend of less than $5,000 for his services as a member.
Source.
1990, 14:1, eff. May 12, 1990.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 508 - Limitation of Actions › Section 508:12-c - Liability Limited for Certain Out-of-State Emergency Services.

508:12-c Liability Limited for Certain Out-of-State Emergency Services. –
When a police officer, firefighter, or other emergency services worker from an out-of-state entity responds to an emergency in New Hampshire, such out-of-state entity and its employees and volunteers shall have all the same liability limitations to which a New Hampshire entity, police officer, firefighter, or emergency services worker would be entitled under New Hampshire laws.
Source.
2015, 170:1, eff. June 26, 2015.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 508 - Limitation of Actions › Section 508:12-d - Liability Limited; Licensed Engineers and Architects.

508:12-d Liability Limited;  Licensed Engineers and Architects. –
I. Any engineer or engineering firm, architect, or architectural firm licensed pursuant to RSA 310-A who, in good faith, voluntarily and without charge or compensation, acting under the direction of the director of the division of homeland security and emergency management, the state fire marshal, or a town or city emergency management director who is managing a natural or human caused disaster or other life-threatening emergency, provides professional advice or assistance in connection with such disaster or emergency, shall not be liable for any civil damages alleged to have been caused by the acts or omissions of such licensed professional or firm in providing the requested professional advice or assistance, subject to the following conditions:
(a) The service rendered applies to the practice of engineering or architecture and concerns any building, structure, or system, whether publicly or privately owned, that is involved in or affected by the disaster or emergency;
(b) The service rendered relates to the structural integrity of the entire building or system or any portion thereof, or to a nonstructural element of the structure or system, affecting public safety; and
(c) The service is rendered during the time in which the emergency exists.
II. The immunity granted by this section shall not apply to acts or omissions constituting gross negligence, or wanton or willful misconduct.
Source.
2015, 191:1, eff. July 6, 2015.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 508 - Limitation of Actions › Section 508:13 - Professional Malpractice; Evidence.

508:13 Professional Malpractice;  Evidence. –
In determining whether the person against whom a malpractice claim has been made has met the applicable standard of care, the jury or judge shall not be bound or limited by the standard of care accepted or established with respect to any particular geographical area or locality, but shall consider only whether the person against whom the claim is made has acted with due care having in mind the standards and recommended practices and procedures of his profession, and the training, experience and professed degree of skill of the average practitioner of such profession, and all other relevant circumstances.
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1971, 348:1.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 508 - Limitation of Actions › Section 508:14 - Landowner Liability Limited.

508:14 Landowner Liability Limited. –
I. An owner, occupant, or lessee of land, including the state or any political subdivision, who without charge permits any person to use land for recreational purposes or as a spectator of recreational activity, shall not be liable for personal injury or property damage in the absence of intentionally caused injury or damage.
II. Any individual, corporation, or other nonprofit legal entity, or any individual who performs services for a nonprofit entity, that constructs, maintains, or improves trails for public recreational use shall not be liable for personal injury or property damage in the absence of gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.
III. An owner of land who permits another person to gather the produce of the land under pick-your-own or cut-your-own arrangements, provided said person is not an employee of the landowner and notwithstanding that the person picking or cutting the produce may make remuneration for the produce to the landowner, shall not be liable for personal injury or property damage to any person in the absence of willful, wanton, or reckless conduct by such owner.
IV. In this section, "land" shall include railroad property and railroad rights-of-way. A contribution or other voluntary payment not required to be made to use such land shall not be considered a charge or fee within the meaning of this section. Nor shall a lease of such land for said purposes to the state or any political subdivision thereof or to any nonprofit corporation, trust, or association be considered a charge.
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1975, 231:1. 1979, 439:1. 1981, 293:2. 1985, 193:2. 2006, 5:1, eff. Feb. 3, 2006. 2022, 207:2, eff. Aug. 16, 2022.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 508 - Limitation of Actions › Section 508:15 - Donors and Distributors of Food.

508:15 Donors and Distributors of Food. –
I. As used in this section:
(a) "Donor" means any person, corporation, unincorporated business entity, non-profit corporation or entity which donates food or harvests food for distribution. "Donor" includes any non-profit "food bank" which shall collect, store and distribute food without charge or at a charge sufficient only to cover the cost of handling and administering such food and the distribution thereof. "Donor" includes the employees, agents, officers or volunteers working for or with any donor in connection with the giving or distribution of food.
(b) "Food" means any raw, cooked or processed edible substance, ice, beverage or ingredient used or intended for use or for sale in whole or in part for human consumption or for feeding of animals. "Food" also means food items open-dated for which the date has passed.
II. The good faith donor of any food to a needy individual or individuals or to a bona fide charitable or non-profit organization for distribution or serving by such organization without charge or at a charge sufficient only to cover the cost of handling and administering such food and the distribution thereof, or to a person for uses such as animal feed or composting, shall not be subject to criminal penalty or civil damages arising from the condition of the food, unless an injury is caused by the gross negligence, recklessness, or intentional misconduct of the donor; provided, however, that at the time of donation such food is not knowingly misbranded and is not adulterated and has not been manufactured, processed, prepared, handled or stored in violation of applicable rules of the department of health and human services, or unless an injury is caused by the gross negligence, recklessness or intentional conduct of the donor.
III. A bona fide charitable or non-profit organization which in good faith receives food, apparently fit for human consumption, and distributes it without charge or at a charge sufficient only to cover the cost of handling and administering such food and the distribution thereof shall be considered a donor under this section and shall not be subject to criminal penalty or civil damages resulting from the condition of the food; provided, however, that at the time of distribution or serving such food is not knowingly misbranded or adulterated or has not been manufactured, processed, prepared, handled or stored in violation of applicable rules of the department of health and human services or, unless an injury results from the gross negligence, recklessness or intentional conduct of the organization.
IV. This section is applicable but not limited to the good faith donation of food not readily marketable due to appearance, freshness, grade, surplus, or other considerations, but does not restrict the authority of any appropriate agency to regulate or ban the use of such food for human consumption.
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1985, 30:1. 1995, 310:181, eff. Nov. 1, 1995. 2016, 38:1, 2, eff. July 2, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 508 - Limitation of Actions › Section 508:16 - Directors and Officers of Charitable Organizations or Societies; Liability Limited.

508:16 Directors and Officers of Charitable Organizations or Societies;  Liability Limited. –
I. For the purposes of this section:
(a) "Director" means a person who serves without compensation on the board of trustees or board of directors of a charitable organization or society organized or incorporated in this state or having a principal place of business in this state.
(b) "Officer" means a person who serves without compensation as an officer of such an organization or society.
(c) "Compensation" does not include reimbursement for expenses actually incurred.
(d) "Charitable organization or society" means an organization or society which is "charitable" as defined in RSA 72:23-
l.
II. Directors and officers shall not be liable for damages for bodily injury, personal injury, or property damage if the claim for such damages arises from an act committed in good faith and without willful or wanton negligence in the course of an activity carried on to accomplish the charitable purposes of the organization or society.
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1986, 227:5. 1995, 290:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 508 - Limitation of Actions › Section 508:17 - Volunteers; Nonprofit Organizations; Liability Limited.

508:17 Volunteers;  Nonprofit Organizations;  Liability Limited. –
I. Any person who is a volunteer of a nonprofit organization or government entity shall be immune from civil liability in any action brought on the basis of any act or omission resulting in damage or injury to any person if:
(a) The nonprofit organization or government entity has a record indicating that the person claiming to be a volunteer is a volunteer for such organization or entity; and
(b) The volunteer was acting in good faith and within the scope of his official functions and duties with the organization; and
(c) The damage or injury was not caused by willful, wanton, or grossly negligent misconduct by the volunteer.
I-a. [Repealed.]
II. Liability of a nonprofit organization for damage or injury sustained by any one person in actions brought against the organization alleging negligence on the part of an organization volunteer is limited to $250,000. Such limit applies in the aggregate to any and all actions to recover for damage or injury sustained by one person in a single incident or occurrence. Liability of a nonprofit organization for damage or injury sustained by any number of persons in a single incident or occurrence involving negligence on the part of an organization volunteer is limited to $1,000,000.
III. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect any civil action brought by any nonprofit organization against any volunteer of such organization.
IV. Volunteer activity related to transportation or to care of the organization's premises shall be excepted from the provisions of paragraph I of this section.
V. In this section:
(a) "Damage or injury" includes physical, nonphysical, economic and noneconomic damage and property damage.
(b) "Nonprofit organization" shall include, but not be limited to, a not for profit organization, corporation, community chest, fund or foundation organized and operated exclusively for religious, cultural, charitable, scientific, recreational, literary, agricultural, or educational purposes, or to foster amateur competition in a sport formally recognized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, and an organization exempt from taxation under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 organized or incorporated in this state or having a principal place of business in this state.
(c) "Volunteer" means an individual performing services for a nonprofit organization or government entity who does not receive compensation, other than reimbursement for expenses actually incurred for such services. In the case of volunteer athletic coaches or sports officials, such volunteers shall possess proper certification or validation of competence in the rules, procedures, practices, and programs of the athletic activity.
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1988, 280:1. 1990, 116:1-3. 1998, 255:1, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process › Chapter 508 - Limitation of Actions › Section 508:18 - Liability Limited; Health Care Facilities and Personnel.

508:18 Liability Limited;  Health Care Facilities and Personnel. –
I. No health care facility licensed under RSA 151, licensed physician, registered nurse, certified physician's assistant or qualified medical technician or medical technologist ordered by a law enforcement officer to perform a test, medical examination or procedure on a person in the custody of such officer, shall be held liable for any damage arising out of the performance of such test, examination, or procedure, if the test, examination, or procedure is performed with ordinary care. Nothing in this section shall be construed to legalize an otherwise illegal test, examination or procedure insofar as the law enforcement agency and any employee thereof is concerned.
II. For purposes of this section, "health care facility" means hospitals, ambulatory surgical facilities, specialty hospitals, and licensed nursing homes including all services and property owned by such. Health care facilities shall include facilities which are publicly or privately owned or for-profit or not-for-profit, and which are licensed or required to be licensed in whole or in part by the state.
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1989, 193:1. 1997, 158:12, eff. Jan. 1, 1998. 2012, 282:16, eff. June 30, 2015.