Lawsuit Information CenterThe New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner defends a $110 million transfer from New Hampshire’s Medical Malpractice Joint Underwriting Association in the Nashua Telegraph. The Commissioner is a defendant in a lawsuit filed by three health care providers regarding this $110 million transfer.
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New Hampshire Jury Verdicts in Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury Cases
A recent Nashua Telegraph article suggests the venue in which the suit is tried plays a pivotal role in its outcome in New Hampshire. According to the newspaper’s data, not only is New Hampshire a more conservative state compared to the national average but the degree of a jury’s defense-friendliness fluctuates wildly from county to county.
Jurisdictional Differences
The Telegraph compiled data from four major courts in the state: Merrimack County, Rockingham County, and Hillsborough County (dividing Hillsborough into Nashua and Manchester). They discovered that while juries found in favor of plaintiffs in 53 percent of the cases filed in the states; most populous counties, only 41 percent of cases tried in Nashua and 44 percent in Manchester resulted in successful plaintiffs. Merrimack County and Rockingham County tended more towards the national average, weighing in at 52 percent and 49 percent respectively.