New Hampshire Personal Injury Laws: Deadlines to Sue, Fault Rules and Damage Caps
New Hampshire injury rules: deadline to sue, medical malpractice and wrongful death time limits, comparative fault, damage caps, dog bites and auto insurance minimums.
Quick answers for New Hampshire
- Deadline to sue for an injury
- Three years from the act or omission. If the injury and its connection to the act or omission were not discovered and could not reasonably have been discovered at the time, the three years run from when the injured person discovered (or reasonably should have discovered) them. RSA 508:4, I
- Fault rule (comparative negligence)
- Modified comparative fault (51% bar). The plaintiff's own fault does not bar recovery if it was not greater than the fault of the defendant (or of all defendants combined), but damages are reduced in proportion to the plaintiff's share of fault. RSA 507:7-d
- Wrongful death deadline
- If no action was pending when the person died, a wrongful death action may be brought within 6 years after the death, "subject to the provisions of RSA 508" (the general limitation statute). RSA 556:11
- Minimum car insurance
- When proof of financial responsibility is required, it must show ability to pay at least $25,000 per person and $50,000 per accident for bodily injury and $25,000 for property damage; RSA 264:20; RSA 259:61; RSA 264:16
Last verified: 2026-10-27
Deadlines to file
| Deadline to sue for an injury | Three years from the act or omission. If the injury and its connection to the act or omission were not discovered and could not reasonably have been discovered at the time, the three years run from when the injured person discovered (or reasonably should have discovered) them. Source: RSA 508:4, I |
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| Deadline to sue for property damage | Three years under the same general rule for personal actions, with the same discovery rule. Source: RSA 508:4, I |
| Wrongful death deadline | If no action was pending when the person died, a wrongful death action may be brought within 6 years after the death, "subject to the provisions of RSA 508" (the general limitation statute). How the 6-year period in RSA 556:11 interacts with the 3-year rule in RSA 508:4 depends on court decisions; confirm the deadline for a specific case. Source: RSA 556:11 |
| Suing the government | Local governmental units (towns, cities, counties, school districts, etc.): as a condition of suing, the unit's clerk must be notified by registered mail within 60 days after the injury (or its discovery) of the date, time and location; the lawsuit must be filed within 3 years. Liability is capped at $325,000 per person and $1,000,000 per incident, with no punitive damages. State agencies: written notice of the date, time and location must be given to the agency within 180 days after the injury, and the claim must be brought within 3 years; awards are capped at $475,000 per claimant and $3,750,000 per incident (or available insurance, if greater), with no punitive damages. Lack of notice bars a claim only if the government shows it was substantially prejudiced. Local cap: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LII/507-B/507-B-4.htm ; state claims: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LV/541-B/541-B-14.htm |
Fault and damages
| Fault rule (comparative negligence) | Modified comparative fault (51% bar). The plaintiff's own fault does not bar recovery if it was not greater than the fault of the defendant (or of all defendants combined), but damages are reduced in proportion to the plaintiff's share of fault. The party claiming fault must prove it. Source: RSA 507:7-d |
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| Damage caps | No general cap on damages in ordinary injury cases was found. In wrongful death cases, a surviving spouse's damages for loss of companionship are capped at $500,000 and loss of familial relationship damages at $300,000 per claimant; total wrongful death damages are capped at $50,000 only when the decedent left no spouse, child, parent or dependent relative. Claims against the state and local governments are also capped. |
| Punitive damages | Not allowed. No punitive damages may be awarded in any action unless a statute specifically provides for them. Punitive damages are also barred against the state and local governmental units. |
Wrongful death
| Who can sue for wrongful death | The action is brought by the administrator (personal representative) of the estate. Damages may include the decedent's pain and suffering, expenses, and lost earning capacity. In addition, a surviving spouse may recover for loss of comfort, society and companionship (up to $500,000), and minor children of a parent who died, or parents of a minor child who died, may recover for loss of familial relationship (up to $300,000 per claimant). Source: RSA 556:12 |
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| Wrongful death deadline | If no action was pending when the person died, a wrongful death action may be brought within 6 years after the death, "subject to the provisions of RSA 508" (the general limitation statute). How the 6-year period in RSA 556:11 interacts with the 3-year rule in RSA 508:4 depends on court decisions; confirm the deadline for a specific case. Source: RSA 556:11 |
Car accidents and dog bites
| Reporting a crash to police | New Hampshire's crash statute does not set a general rule that drivers must call police after every crash. But if the injured person, the other driver or the property owner cannot receive the driver's information (because of injury, absence or another reason), the driver must give it to a uniformed police officer who arrives at the scene, or immediately to an officer at the nearest police station. Police who investigate an injury, death or property-damage crash file their own report with the Division of Motor Vehicles within 5 days after finishing the investigation. Source: RSA 264:25, I; RSA 264:26, II |
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| Crash report to the DMV | If anyone is injured or killed, or property damage is more than $1,000, the driver (or the owner of an illegally parked vehicle involved) must file a written report with the Division of Motor Vehicles within 15 days, on the form set by the director — unless a police officer investigated the crash, in which case the officer's report satisfies the requirement. If the driver is physically or mentally unable, the vehicle owner must report promptly. Failing to file is a misdemeanor for an individual. The report generally cannot be used as evidence against the reporting person in a criminal trial. Source: RSA 264:25, I–II; RSA 264:29 |
| Leaving the scene (hit and run) | A driver who knows or should know they were in a crash causing death, injury or property damage must stop immediately and give the other driver or owner, any injured person and any property owner: their name and address, driver's license number, insurance provider and policy information, vehicle registration number, and the name and address of each occupant. Failing to do so after a property-damage crash is a misdemeanor for an individual; if death or personal injury results, or if the driver knowingly gives false information, it is a class B felony. Voluntary intoxication is not a defense to knowing about the crash (RSA 264:25, I). Source: RSA 264:25, I; RSA 264:29 |
| Minimum car insurance | When proof of financial responsibility is required, it must show ability to pay at least $25,000 per person and $50,000 per accident for bodily injury and $25,000 for property damage; a motor vehicle liability policy must meet those limits and include at least $1,000 per person in medical payments coverage. Policy definition: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XXI/259/259-61.htm ; medical payments: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XXI/264/264-16.htm |
| Dog bites | Strict liability. A person injured, or whose property or animals are damaged, by a dog the person does not own or keep may recover damages from the person who owns, keeps or possesses the dog, unless the injured person was committing a trespass or other tort. A parent or guardian is liable if the owner or keeper is a minor. Source: RSA 466:19 |
Slip, trip and fall injuries
| Slip and fall: property owner's duty | Cities, towns, counties and other local governmental units in New Hampshire can be held liable for bodily injury caused by their fault arising out of the ownership, occupation, maintenance or operation of their premises, but liability for sidewalks, streets and highways is limited as provided in RSA chapter 231. The general duties a private owner owes to visitors come from court decisions, which were not reviewed for this entry. Source: RSA 507-B:2 |
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| Falls on snow and ice | For public ways: a municipality or school district is not liable for hazards on public highways, bridges or sidewalks caused solely by snow, ice or other bad weather, even if it knew of them, when its failure or delay in clearing them results from carrying out, in good faith and without gross negligence or reckless disregard, a winter or inclement-weather maintenance policy or set of priorities. Municipal employees are presumed to be acting under such a policy unless proven otherwise. On recreational land, snow and ice conditions are listed among the inherent risks that participants in outdoor recreation accept. Recreation: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XVIII/212/212-34.htm . No rule for private, non-recreational property was reviewed. Source: RSA 231:92-a; RSA 212:34, VIII |
| Sidewalk falls: who is responsible | New Hampshire limits city and town liability for defective public highways and the sidewalks on them. A municipality is liable only if the defect was an 'insufficiency' (the way is not passable in any safe manner, or has a hidden hazard a careful traveler could not reasonably discover or avoid) and either (a) it received signed written notice of the insufficiency (to a selectman, highway agent, mayor or street commissioner, with a copy to the clerk) and failed to post warnings and, within 72 hours, plan and carry out repairs; (b) listed officials had actual knowledge and were grossly negligent or acted in bad faith; or (c) a municipal employee created the hazard intentionally, with gross negligence or reckless disregard. The lawsuit must describe with particularity how the municipality received actual notice, and damages are subject to the RSA 507-B:4 caps. The statutes read do not address liability of the owner of property next to the sidewalk. Notice of insufficiency: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XX/231/231-90.htm ; duty to act: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XX/231/231-91.htm Source: RSA 231:90, 231:91, 231:92 |
| Claims against a city or county | Before suing a town, city, county, school district or other local governmental unit, the injured person must notify the unit's clerk by registered mail within 60 days after the injury (or after it was or reasonably could have been discovered) of the date, time and location where it occurred; if the government claims it lacked notice, it must show it was substantially prejudiced. The lawsuit must be filed within 3 years after the injury (or discovery). Liability is capped at $325,000 per person and $1,000,000 per incident, plus interest and costs, with no punitive damages. Claims against state agencies follow a separate statute (RSA 541-B). Caps: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LII/507-B/507-B-4.htm Source: RSA 507-B:7, 507-B:4 |
| Injuries on land used for recreation | A landowner (owner, lessee, easement holder, occupant or manager, including the state and local governments) owes no duty to keep land safe for people using it for outdoor recreation, or to warn them of hazards, and giving permission does not make them invitees. Exceptions: willful or malicious failure to guard or warn against a danger, injuries where a charge was paid for entry or use (voluntary contributions and nominal-fee leases to public or nonprofit bodies do not count), injuries caused by permitted users to third persons owed a duty, and intentional acts of the landowner. Participants accept the inherent risks of outdoor recreation, and a claimant who sues without a reasonable basis may have to pay the landowner's attorney fees. A separate statute also says a landowner who lets people use land for recreation without charge is not liable absent intentionally caused injury. Second statute: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LII/508/508-14.htm Source: RSA 212:34; RSA 508:14 |
Motorcycle, pedestrian, bicycle, Uber/Lyft and truck crashes
| Motorcycle helmet law | Only riders under 18: no person under 18 may drive or ride on a motorcycle or autocycle unless wearing approved protective headgear with a neck or chin strap, and an operator who carries a passenger under 18 without a helmet commits a violation. Riders 18 and older are not required by this statute to wear a helmet. The statute does not address whether not wearing a helmet affects damages. Source: RSA 265:122 |
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| Lane splitting | Banned. No person may drive a motorcycle on a roadway between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows of vehicles, and a motorcyclist may not overtake and pass in the same lane occupied by the vehicle being passed. Two motorcycles may ride abreast in one lane, but not more than two. Police officers on duty are exempt from the passing and between-lanes rules. Source: RSA 265:121 |
| Pedestrian right-of-way | Where traffic signals are not in place or not working, drivers must yield, slowing or stopping if needed, to a pedestrian in a crosswalk who is on the driver's half of the road or approaching so closely from the other half as to be in danger, and may not pass a vehicle stopped at a crosswalk for a pedestrian. Pedestrians may not suddenly step into the path of a vehicle that is too close. A pedestrian crossing outside a marked crosswalk or an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection must yield to all vehicles, may cross only in a marked crosswalk between adjacent signalized intersections, and may not cross an intersection diagonally unless signals allow it. Crossing elsewhere: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XXI/265/265-36.htm Source: RSA 265:35, 265:36 |
| Bicycle laws | Bicyclists have the rights and duties of drivers of other vehicles under the rules of the road, except for special bicycle rules. A driver approaching a bicyclist must leave a reasonable and prudent distance, presumed reasonable if at least 3 feet at 30 mph or less plus one more foot for every 10 mph above 30. Riders under 16 must wear an approved helmet on a public way, cyclists slower than traffic keep to the right as far as practicable (with exceptions such as passing, left turns and hazards), and reflective clothing is required from half an hour after sunset to half an hour before sunrise. Rights and duties: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XXI/265/265-143.htm ; helmet and riding rules: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XXI/265/265-144.htm . Sidewalk riding not addressed in the sections read. Source: RSA 265:143, 265:143-a, 265:144 |
| Uber and Lyft insurance | While a rideshare (TNC) driver is logged on to the app but not engaged in a prearranged ride, primary liability coverage of at least $50,000 per person and $100,000 per incident for death and bodily injury and $25,000 for property damage (including the duty to defend) is required, plus coverage consistent with New Hampshire financial responsibility laws. While the driver is engaged in a prearranged ride, primary liability coverage of at least $300,000 for death, bodily injury and property damage is required, plus coverage consistent with the financial responsibility laws. Coverage may come from the driver, the company or both, and the company's insurance must pay from the first dollar if the driver's coverage lapses. The former TNC chapter, RSA 376-A, is shown as repealed on gc.nh.gov; RSA 359-U:8 took effect July 1, 2023. Source: RSA 359-U:8 |
| Truck safety and insurance rules | New Hampshire law lets the Commissioner of Safety adopt the current federal motor carrier safety regulations (49 CFR parts 107, 380 and 382-397) as rules, with later federal amendments applying automatically, and to exempt purely intrastate vehicles and drivers where a rule is an unnecessary burden. By rule, the Department of Safety incorporates 49 CFR 107, 382 and 385 through 397 and applies them to all motor carriers and commercial vehicle drivers, in intrastate or interstate commerce. Some exemptions exist, such as hours-of-service for intrastate utility service drivers and certain small farm-plated vehicles. Federal rules separately require for-hire interstate carriers of ordinary (nonhazardous) property in vehicles of 10,001 pounds or more to carry at least $750,000 in liability coverage (49 CFR 387.9). Rule: https://gc.nh.gov/rules/state_agencies/saf-c900.html ; federal: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-III/subchapter-B/part-387/subpart-A/section-387.9 . State minimum insurance for intrastate trucks not confirmed. |
Construction accidents
| Construction site injuries | Under New Hampshire's workers' compensation law, an injured employee is conclusively presumed to have accepted the law and waived lawsuits against the employer, its insurer and (except for intentional torts) co-workers and officers. The worker may still sue another person whose legal liability caused the injury, in addition to receiving workers' compensation, subject to the employer's or insurer's lien on the recovery. No New Hampshire scaffold-law statute was identified for this entry. Third parties: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XXIII/281-A/281-A-13.htm Source: RSA 281-A:8, 281-A:13 |
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Personal Injury & Wrongful Death FAQ
What is the statute of limitations for personal injury in New Hampshire?
Three years from the act or omission. If the injury and its connection to the act or omission were not discovered and could not reasonably have been discovered at the time, the three years run from when the injured person discovered (or reasonably should have discovered) them.
How long do you have to sue for property damage in New Hampshire?
Three years under the same general rule for personal actions, with the same discovery rule.
How long do you have to file a wrongful death lawsuit in New Hampshire?
If no action was pending when the person died, a wrongful death action may be brought within 6 years after the death, "subject to the provisions of RSA 508" (the general limitation statute).
Who can file a wrongful death lawsuit in New Hampshire?
The action is brought by the administrator (personal representative) of the estate. Damages may include the decedent's pain and suffering, expenses, and lost earning capacity. In addition, a surviving spouse may recover for loss of comfort, society and companionship (up to $500,000), and minor children of a parent who died, or parents of a minor child who died, may recover for loss of familial relationship (up to $300,000 per claimant).
Can you recover damages if you were partly at fault in New Hampshire?
Modified comparative fault (51% bar). The plaintiff's own fault does not bar recovery if it was not greater than the fault of the defendant (or of all defendants combined), but damages are reduced in proportion to the plaintiff's share of fault. The party claiming fault must prove it.
Does New Hampshire cap damages in personal injury cases?
No general cap on damages in ordinary injury cases was found. In wrongful death cases, a surviving spouse's damages for loss of companionship are capped at $500,000 and loss of familial relationship damages at $300,000 per claimant; total wrongful death damages are capped at $50,000 only when the decedent left no spouse, child, parent or dependent relative. Claims against the state and local governments are also capped.
When can you get punitive damages in New Hampshire?
Not allowed. No punitive damages may be awarded in any action unless a statute specifically provides for them. Punitive damages are also barred against the state and local governmental units.
How do you file an injury claim against the government in New Hampshire?
Local governmental units (towns, cities, counties, school districts, etc.): as a condition of suing, the unit's clerk must be notified by registered mail within 60 days after the injury (or its discovery) of the date, time and location; the lawsuit must be filed within 3 years. Liability is capped at $325,000 per person and $1,000,000 per incident, with no punitive damages. State agencies: written notice of the date, time and location must be given to the agency within 180 days after the injury, and the claim must be brought within 3 years; awards are capped at $475,000 per claimant and $3,750,000 per incident (or available insurance, if greater), with no punitive damages. Lack of notice bars a claim only if the government shows it was substantially prejudiced.
Is a dog owner liable for a dog bite in New Hampshire?
Strict liability. A person injured, or whose property or animals are damaged, by a dog the person does not own or keep may recover damages from the person who owns, keeps or possesses the dog, unless the injured person was committing a trespass or other tort. A parent or guardian is liable if the owner or keeper is a minor.
What is the minimum car insurance required in New Hampshire?
When proof of financial responsibility is required, it must show ability to pay at least $25,000 per person and $50,000 per accident for bodily injury and $25,000 for property damage; a motor vehicle liability policy must meet those limits and include at least $1,000 per person in medical payments coverage.
When do you have to report a car accident to the police in New Hampshire?
New Hampshire's crash statute does not set a general rule that drivers must call police after every crash. But if the injured person, the other driver or the property owner cannot receive the driver's information (because of injury, absence or another reason), the driver must give it to a uniformed police officer who arrives at the scene, or immediately to an officer at the nearest police station. Police who investigate an injury, death or property-damage crash file their own report with the Division of Motor Vehicles within 5 days after finishing the investigation.
Do you have to report a car accident to the DMV in New Hampshire?
If anyone is injured or killed, or property damage is more than $1,000, the driver (or the owner of an illegally parked vehicle involved) must file a written report with the Division of Motor Vehicles within 15 days, on the form set by the director — unless a police officer investigated the crash, in which case the officer's report satisfies the requirement. If the driver is physically or mentally unable, the vehicle owner must report promptly. Failing to file is a misdemeanor for an individual. The report generally cannot be used as evidence against the reporting person in a criminal trial.
What are your duties after a car accident in New Hampshire?
A driver who knows or should know they were in a crash causing death, injury or property damage must stop immediately and give the other driver or owner, any injured person and any property owner: their name and address, driver's license number, insurance provider and policy information, vehicle registration number, and the name and address of each occupant. Failing to do so after a property-damage crash is a misdemeanor for an individual; if death or personal injury results, or if the driver knowingly gives false information, it is a class B felony.
Who is responsible if you slip and fall on someone's property in New Hampshire?
Cities, towns, counties and other local governmental units in New Hampshire can be held liable for bodily injury caused by their fault arising out of the ownership, occupation, maintenance or operation of their premises, but liability for sidewalks, streets and highways is limited as provided in RSA chapter 231. The general duties a private owner owes to visitors come from court decisions, which were not reviewed for this entry.
Can you sue for slipping on ice or snow in New Hampshire?
For public ways: a municipality or school district is not liable for hazards on public highways, bridges or sidewalks caused solely by snow, ice or other bad weather, even if it knew of them, when its failure or delay in clearing them results from carrying out, in good faith and without gross negligence or reckless disregard, a winter or inclement-weather maintenance policy or set of priorities. Municipal employees are presumed to be acting under such a policy unless proven otherwise. On recreational land, snow and ice conditions are listed among the inherent risks that participants in outdoor recreation accept.
Who is liable if you trip and fall on a sidewalk in New Hampshire?
New Hampshire limits city and town liability for defective public highways and the sidewalks on them. A municipality is liable only if the defect was an 'insufficiency' (the way is not passable in any safe manner, or has a hidden hazard a careful traveler could not reasonably discover or avoid) and either (a) it received signed written notice of the insufficiency (to a selectman, highway agent, mayor or street commissioner, with a copy to the clerk) and failed to post warnings and, within 72 hours, plan and carry out repairs; (b) listed officials had actual knowledge and were grossly negligent or acted in bad faith; or (c) a municipal employee created the hazard intentionally, with gross negligence or reckless disregard. The lawsuit must describe with particularity how the municipality received actual notice, and damages are subject to the RSA 507-B:4 caps. The statutes read do not address liability of the owner of property next to the sidewalk.
How long do you have to file a claim against a city or county in New Hampshire?
Before suing a town, city, county, school district or other local governmental unit, the injured person must notify the unit's clerk by registered mail within 60 days after the injury (or after it was or reasonably could have been discovered) of the date, time and location where it occurred; if the government claims it lacked notice, it must show it was substantially prejudiced. The lawsuit must be filed within 3 years after the injury (or discovery). Liability is capped at $325,000 per person and $1,000,000 per incident, plus interest and costs, with no punitive damages. Claims against state agencies follow a separate statute (RSA 541-B).
Is a landowner liable for injuries on land used for recreation in New Hampshire?
A landowner (owner, lessee, easement holder, occupant or manager, including the state and local governments) owes no duty to keep land safe for people using it for outdoor recreation, or to warn them of hazards, and giving permission does not make them invitees. Exceptions: willful or malicious failure to guard or warn against a danger, injuries where a charge was paid for entry or use (voluntary contributions and nominal-fee leases to public or nonprofit bodies do not count), injuries caused by permitted users to third persons owed a duty, and intentional acts of the landowner. Participants accept the inherent risks of outdoor recreation, and a claimant who sues without a reasonable basis may have to pay the landowner's attorney fees. A separate statute also says a landowner who lets people use land for recreation without charge is not liable absent intentionally caused injury.
Do you have to wear a motorcycle helmet in New Hampshire?
Only riders under 18: no person under 18 may drive or ride on a motorcycle or autocycle unless wearing approved protective headgear with a neck or chin strap, and an operator who carries a passenger under 18 without a helmet commits a violation. Riders 18 and older are not required by this statute to wear a helmet. The statute does not address whether not wearing a helmet affects damages.
Is lane splitting legal in New Hampshire?
Banned. No person may drive a motorcycle on a roadway between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows of vehicles, and a motorcyclist may not overtake and pass in the same lane occupied by the vehicle being passed. Two motorcycles may ride abreast in one lane, but not more than two. Police officers on duty are exempt from the passing and between-lanes rules.
Who has the right of way, a pedestrian or a driver, in New Hampshire?
Where traffic signals are not in place or not working, drivers must yield, slowing or stopping if needed, to a pedestrian in a crosswalk who is on the driver's half of the road or approaching so closely from the other half as to be in danger, and may not pass a vehicle stopped at a crosswalk for a pedestrian. Pedestrians may not suddenly step into the path of a vehicle that is too close. A pedestrian crossing outside a marked crosswalk or an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection must yield to all vehicles, may cross only in a marked crosswalk between adjacent signalized intersections, and may not cross an intersection diagonally unless signals allow it.
What are the bicycle laws in New Hampshire?
Bicyclists have the rights and duties of drivers of other vehicles under the rules of the road, except for special bicycle rules. A driver approaching a bicyclist must leave a reasonable and prudent distance, presumed reasonable if at least 3 feet at 30 mph or less plus one more foot for every 10 mph above 30. Riders under 16 must wear an approved helmet on a public way, cyclists slower than traffic keep to the right as far as practicable (with exceptions such as passing, left turns and hazards), and reflective clothing is required from half an hour after sunset to half an hour before sunrise.
What insurance must Uber and Lyft drivers have in New Hampshire?
While a rideshare (TNC) driver is logged on to the app but not engaged in a prearranged ride, primary liability coverage of at least $50,000 per person and $100,000 per incident for death and bodily injury and $25,000 for property damage (including the duty to defend) is required, plus coverage consistent with New Hampshire financial responsibility laws. While the driver is engaged in a prearranged ride, primary liability coverage of at least $300,000 for death, bodily injury and property damage is required, plus coverage consistent with the financial responsibility laws. Coverage may come from the driver, the company or both, and the company's insurance must pay from the first dollar if the driver's coverage lapses.
What safety and insurance rules apply to trucks in New Hampshire?
New Hampshire law lets the Commissioner of Safety adopt the current federal motor carrier safety regulations (49 CFR parts 107, 380 and 382-397) as rules, with later federal amendments applying automatically, and to exempt purely intrastate vehicles and drivers where a rule is an unnecessary burden. By rule, the Department of Safety incorporates 49 CFR 107, 382 and 385 through 397 and applies them to all motor carriers and commercial vehicle drivers, in intrastate or interstate commerce. Some exemptions exist, such as hours-of-service for intrastate utility service drivers and certain small farm-plated vehicles. Federal rules separately require for-hire interstate carriers of ordinary (nonhazardous) property in vehicles of 10,001 pounds or more to carry at least $750,000 in liability coverage (49 CFR 387.9).
Can you sue for a construction accident in New Hampshire?
Under New Hampshire's workers' compensation law, an injured employee is conclusively presumed to have accepted the law and waived lawsuits against the employer, its insurer and (except for intentional torts) co-workers and officers. The worker may still sue another person whose legal liability caused the injury, in addition to receiving workers' compensation, subject to the employer's or insurer's lien on the recovery. No New Hampshire scaffold-law statute was identified for this entry.
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