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Home » US Law » 2022 New Hampshire Revised Statutes » Title LII - Actions, Process, and Service of Process » Title 507-B - Bodily Injury Actions Against Governmental Units

Section 507-B:1 – Definitions.

    507-B:1 Definitions. – In this chapter: I. "Governmental unit" means any political subdivision within the state including any county, city, town, precinct, school district, chartered public school, school administrative unit, or departments or agencies thereof, or any other body corporate and politic within the state, but does not include the state or any department […]

Section 507-B:10 – Statutory Construction.

    507-B:10 Statutory Construction. – Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to modify or limit the duties, responsibilities or liabilities of government units or their agents owed to the state for pollutant containment, cleanup, removal and restoration as established under state public health and environmental statutes, including but not limited to the following: […]

Section 507-B:11 – Use of Municipal and School District Facilities for Skateboarding, Rollerblading, Stunt Biking, or Rollerskiing.

    507-B:11 Use of Municipal and School District Facilities for Skateboarding, Rollerblading, Stunt Biking, or Rollerskiing. – A municipality or school district, which without charge permits any person to use a facility operated by the municipality or school district for the purpose of skateboarding, rollerblading, stunt biking, or rollerskiing, shall not be liable for personal […]

Section 507-B:2 – Liability for Negligence.

    507-B:2 Liability for Negligence. – A governmental unit may be held liable for damages in an action to recover for bodily injury, personal injury or property damage caused by its fault or by fault attributable to it, arising out of ownership, occupation, maintenance or operation of all motor vehicles, and all premises; provided, however, […]

Section 507-B:2-b – Snow, Ice, and Other Weather Hazards.

    507-B:2-b Snow, Ice, and Other Weather Hazards. – Notwithstanding RSA 507-B:2, a governmental unit shall not be liable for damage arising from insufficiencies or hazards on any premises owned, occupied, maintained, or operated by it, even if it has actual notice of them, when such hazards are caused solely by snow, ice, or other […]

Section 507-B:3 – Compulsory Consolidation of Actions.

    507-B:3 Compulsory Consolidation of Actions. – All actions to recover for bodily injury, personal injury or property damage arising out of bodily injury, personal injury or property damage to one person shall be tried together, and not otherwise. Source. 1975, 483:1. 1981, 376:4, eff. Aug. 22, 1981.

Section 507-B:4 – Limit of Liability.

    507-B:4 Limit of Liability. – I. Liability of a governmental unit for bodily injury, personal injury or property damage sustained by any one person in actions brought under this chapter is limited to $325,000. Such limit applies in the aggregate to any and all actions to recover for bodily injury, personal injury or property […]

Section 507-B:5 – Effect on Common Law.

    507-B:5 Effect on Common Law. – No governmental unit shall be held liable in any action to recover for bodily injury, personal injury or property damage except as provided by this chapter or as is provided or may be provided by other statute. Source. 1975, 483:1. 1981, 376:6, eff. Aug. 22, 1981.

Section 507-B:6 – Property Exempt From Attachment.

    507-B:6 Property Exempt From Attachment. – No property, either real or personal, of the governmental unit shall be subject to attachment or execution to secure payment of or to satisfy any judgment entered against the governmental unit under this chapter. Source. 1975, 483:1, eff. July 1, 1975.

Section 507-B:7 – Limitation on Actions.

    507-B:7 Limitation on Actions. – I. Except as provided in paragraph II, no actions shall be maintained against the governmental unit under this chapter unless the same is commenced within 3 years after the time of injury or damage, except that when the injury and its causal relationship to the act or omission were […]

Section 507-B:7-a – Insurance Policies Procured by Governmental Agency.

    507-B:7-a Insurance Policies Procured by Governmental Agency. – It shall be lawful for the state or any municipal subdivision thereof, including any county, city, town, school district, school administrative unit or other district, to procure the policies of insurance described in RSA 412. In any action against the state or any municipal subdivision thereof […]

Section 507-B:8 – Appropriation to Satisfy Judgment.

    507-B:8 Appropriation to Satisfy Judgment. – Upon entry of final judgment against the governmental unit in any action brought under this chapter, the body charged with the appropriation of funds for the governmental unit shall provide funds through insurance or otherwise to satisfy said judgment within a reasonable time. Source. 1975, 483:1, eff. July […]

Section 507-B:9 – Pollutant Liability Standard.

    507-B:9 Pollutant Liability Standard. – I. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the liability of any governmental unit or public employee for any personal injury, bodily injury, or property damage caused by or resulting from pollutant incidents including, but not limited to, per and polyfluorochemical contamination, shall only be based upon a showing by […]