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YOUNG v. PREVUE PRODUCTS, INC.

No. 86-265.

130 N.H. 84 (1987)

GINI YOUNG v. PREVUE PRODUCTS, INC.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

November 9, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Moquin & Daley P.A., of Manchester (Richard C. Moquin on the brief, and Edward Moquin orally), for the plaintiff.

Hinkley, Donovan, Russell & Desjardins, of Lancaster, and James C. Gahan, Jr., of Boston, Massachusetts (Mr. Gahan on the brief and orally), for the defendant.

Kelliher & Clougherty, of Manchester (Thomas W. Kelliher on the brief and orally, and Elizabeth Cazden with him on the brief), also for the defendant.

BROCK, C.J.

The sole issue on appeal is whether the portion of RSA 281:12 which bars consortium actions against an employer by the spouse of an employee injured on the job is unconstitutional under the due process provisions of the New Hampshire Constitution, N.H. CONST. pt. I, art. 14, because it eliminates a cause of action previously available to spouses of injured employees without providing an adequate quid pro quo. We uphold the constitutionality of this...

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