Personal Injury Law

Product liability refers to the legal responsibility of manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and others in the supply chain for injuries or damages caused by a product. In New Hampshire, as in many states, there are statutes and case law that shape how product liability claims work. This blog explains the framework, important concepts, time limits, defenses, and recent developments in NH product liability law. What Is a Product Liability Action? Under New Hampshire law (RSA Chapter 507‑D, “Product Liability Actions”), a product liability action is broadly defined. It includes any lawsuit for injury, death, property damage, or other harm that arises from: Types of Defects Claims generally fall into a few categories of defect: Time Limits (Statute of Limitations) One of the critical issues in product liability…

Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) is a game played by millions across the world. It is a massively popular roleplaying game that utilizes interwoven stories to make it compelling. In some worlds, laws are violated, and those dwarves, elves, and various monsters need to know their legal rights in those circumstances. In last week’s D&D session, our “heroes” committed a number of crimes—so many, in fact, that they required a legal analysis of their rights. The party had entered a dwarven city in order to “liberate” an artifact needed to save the world. The party decided to work with a group of thieves to try to steal this artifact. While planning the heist with the thief leader, the party – sans the Rogue, who stayed back…

Injuries often happen in sports, and the majority of the time they are contemplated by the participant before they play the sport. For example, someone that plays high school or college football knows when they sign up that they may get a concussion due to the violent nature of the sport. However, where does someone cross the line from being “Part of the game” to being actionable negligence? The term “assumption of the risk” has been used to express distinct common law theories, derived from different sources, which apply when a plaintiff has knowingly exposed themselves to particular risks. See Bohlen, Voluntary Assumption of Risk, 20 Harv. L. Rev. 14, 15-30 (1906); see also W. P. Keeton, Prosser and Keeton on Torts § 68,at 480-98…