No punitive damages shall be awarded in any action, unless otherwise provided by statute.
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 507:16
Punitive Damages Outlawed
Applied in 12 court decisions — leading case Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker (2008)
Most recently applied in Debbie Knightly v. Gula (August 2016)
Source. 1986, 227:3, eff
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: New Hampshire General Court. Reproduced from public-domain New Hampshire statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.