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CAITROLL, SS"
SUPERIOR COURT
Starbrite Leasing, Inc., et al
\,'.
Tor,r,ti
of llarrtiett et al
ON I}E,trEN
III
index
#4.)
it.
m.or,.es
to
121a,,
th sheriffs department,s
I"
r,,.
in Bartiett' (Compl"
'
at7)
of occasions. (ic1.
at 2-8,
Lrt 47,
S6-SZ.)
one ol.tirese
l'.urlong
1o
o1.
prouding
a iauJiv
r,r4ro n,as
1,o
r54
citation omitted).
III_" Alalysis
The sheriffs department :rrgues that ail ciaiirs
against it must be clismissed
becartse
b'
theri-
drarn,
lar,r,
"r,rdren an
official
. . . r,r,alks
A.
Statutor..r,
Iilmunitl,
''
First, the
r'.tl'sr'
tne court notes that
irnr'unit'
uirits'" lisA
alsq,
, 165
t!.1{. 694,696(zo13)"
u'it nta'be
t'
attribtitable
RSA 5o7_B:z
b1,
o1.
iircludingani"coun$''..,orclepartnentsoragenciestrrer.eof..".,,).Next,arioftrre
plaintilfs' asserted inju.ies fall rt'itliin
the categories o1'"boclih, injuryr, personal
injun,, or
propert\/ datttage'" "Personal iiljunr" is
clef inecl u,ithin the statutor\.
scheme as:
Ant'
in
rnalicious
ill'osecution, lib.ei, slander, or the publication or
utterance of other
defatnator'\' ol' disilaraging inatel'ial, i,r,,uuio,,
of
an
indivij.,;l,s
rigirt of
pri'erc.v, t:::::1,-,:t
risirl of p'i"it*."u"."upun.1,, n,rongful ent'
or
1]iementar
e'iction, mental
anguisir, nt o.r., and, except *,hen
"ol
-iirJur\,,
the
public. polici,
discrirninaition
:,H:il:::':;J;;,iffult
RSA 5o7-B:r'
III'
i.*,
against
or
bot}r,
t;;;uiion,
ribei,
I{ampshire,
of iatse e'icti8'."",,*n.i";
prosecution,
'ralicious
negligence' intentional infliction o1'emotior-ral
clistress. defamation, and civil conspirac,,
among the clelendants to perpetrate
these \{rrongs, all lall squarell, within
this definition.
oI'ai.'e subsutred r'r'ithin the categor.\,
o{. bodil), injut.), See RSA go7_B:t.IIi,
IV. The
plaintilfs' cl:iirns, therelore, are barred
bt,the pl.i' lang'age of RSA ga7_ts:5,,,excep'
as
in'ol'ing
claim of personal
u'it
tIienegligeniclpei.-atioiro1.ar,ehic1eb}.u,,etnplovec,,)i@,r63
N"FI. 3zo, gz4 Q-Otz) (fincling excei:tion
to
Ic1.
exceJltiotl
]oczrf
acts
'ehicle
as merel1'tire sitr-rs of an injrir1,, the
ca'sar connection betrt,ee'the injuryrand ilre
use of
lhe veiricle is too tenuous. . . ." (qnotation
onritl,ed)).
I-lere' at best, the plaintiffs have aileged
that certain inj'ries occ'rred rn,hile
FtlrJong \4'as on slieriffcieparl-ment propertr,-such
as trre claim of talse i'rprisonment
i!
'
ll'-
(slip op'
aL 4
-il
i'jrir1,.
see Lamb,
--
im'ru'it1,
itrnlunitt'
etlso arglrcrs
r.o
l)cput'
Il.or,r,e
rvould be protected
b'
Lar,r,
tl
as
staten.lellts jtr lheirplezrdiirgs, (see iris.'Obi. I)e1'. Shcrilfs Dept.'s tr4o1. Dismiss
I\/"
1111
4-6),
inclivic1r-ra16,.
Conelusiorr
For the al.breurentioncd reilsoits, the conr't liucls that the platititif1s' claims againsl
the shelifl's departnrent are balled b), tire statntorv rrr_rnicipa] immunitl, establisl-recl br,
RSlt 5o7-B:5 'Ihe shelitl's cleparrtmenl.'s ilotion
1:c
GRANTh]J}.
Sio or:derecl.
Ilate: Septenbel
,2015
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