New Hampshire · Death claim: who can ask for help?
Death claim: who can ask for help?
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01 · Your filing deadline
What is the deadline in New Hampshire?
New Hampshire: 3 years from date of death A lawyer can confirm yours.
Deadlines vary; a lawyer can confirm yours. An older diagnosis or a past filing window does not, by itself, establish whether you have a claim.
02 · Where cases are heard
Where would my case be heard?
New Hampshire allows 3 years to file a wrongful death claim and imposes no cap on wrongful death damages. New Hampshire's small population generates a proportionately smaller wrongful death docket. Hillsborough County (Manchester) is the primary venue.
RSA 556:14 governs wrongful death claims in New Hampshire with a 3-year statute of limitations. New Hampshire imposes no cap on wrongful death damages — full economic and non-economic recovery is available. Hillsborough County Superior Court (Manchester) handles the state's largest wrongful death docket. New Hampshire's construction sector, manufacturing, and highway fatalities are the primary sources of wrongful death case volume.
How this works nationally
For the overall process and updates, read the Death claim: who can ask for help? overview. This page covers the local information available for New Hampshire.
What happens when I check?
You answer a few short questions about what happened. If you send them, your answers are kept on file. If a participating law firm takes these cases, it may contact you. People's Justice is not a law firm.
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