Mike Puiia v. Sarah Miner & a.
Opinion text
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
SUPREME COURT
In Case No. 2019-0127, Mike Puiia v. Sarah Miner & a., the
court on September 26, 2019, issued the following order:
Having considered the brief, the memoranda of law, and the record
submitted on appeal, we conclude that oral argument is unnecessary in this
case. See Sup. Ct. R. 18(1). We affirm.
The plaintiff, Mike Puiia, appeals an order of the Superior Court (Howard,
J.) dismissing his complaints against the defendants, Sarah Miner, Elizabeth Ann
Marcotte, Lea Gardner-Elkin, Amy Coombs, and Whole Life Health Care. We
construe his brief to contend that the trial court erred by: (1) not finding that
allegedly delayed and incomplete discovery in a collateral family division matter
tolled the statute of limitations on his tort claims here; (2) not finding that his
amended complaint against Miner adequately specified her allegedly tortious
statements and acts; (3) finding that Coombs, Gardner-Elkin, and Marcotte were
immune from liability under RSA 169-C:31 (2014); (4) not waiving “some
procedural rules” because the collateral case was “enormous, complicated and
highly-atypical”; (5) not maintaining documents from the collateral matter under
seal; and (6) finding his pleadings moot after granting the defendants’ motions to
dismiss.
As the appealing party, the plaintiff has the burden of demonstrating
reversible error. Gallo v. Traina, 166 N.H. 737, 740 (2014). Based upon our
review of the trial court’s well-reasoned order, the plaintiff’s challenges to it, the
relevant law, and the record submitted on appeal, we conclude that the plaintiff
has not demonstrated reversible error. See id.
Affirmed.
Bassett, Hantz Marconi, and Donovan, JJ., concurred.
Eileen Fox,
Clerk