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Estate of Cargill v. City of Rochester, 119 N.H. 661, 667 (1979); see also Bleiler v. Chief, Dover Police Dep’t, 155 N.H. 693, 697-98 (2007); Lamarche v. McCarthy, 158 N.H. 197, 204 (2008).

Estate of Cargill v. City of Rochester, 119 N.H. 661, 667 (1979).

(emphasis added); see Estate of Cargill v. City of Rochester, 119 N.H. 661, 665 (1979).

“The article does not prohibit all impairments of the right of access to the courts.” Estate of Cargill v. City of Rochester, 119 N.H. 661, 665 (1979), appeal dismissed, 445 U.S. 921 (1980).

denied, 541 U.S. 935 (2004); see Estate of Cargill v. City of Rochester, 119 N.H. 661, 668 (1979) (“In enacting a particular statute,.

L. Rev. 309, 315 (1993); cf. Estate of Cargill v. City of Rochester, 119 N.H. 661, 666-67 (1979) (citing cases and noting that merely because statute *698 touches upon a right that may be fundamental for some purposes does not mean that it must be evaluated under strict scrutiny for equal protection purposes), appeal dismissed, 445 U.S. 921 (1980).

Estate of Cargill v. City of Rochester, 119 N.H. 661, 666 (1979).

The purpose of this provision is “to make civil remedies readily available, and to guard against arbitrary and discriminatory infringements on access *135 to the courts.” Estate of Cargill v. City of Rochester, 119 N.H. 661, 665 (1979).

The purpose of this provision is “to make civil remedies readily available, and to guard against arbitrary and discriminatory infringements on access to the courts.” Estate of Cargill v. City of Rochester, 119 N.H. 661, 665, 406 A.2d 704, 706 (1979), appeal *312 dismissed, 445 U.S. 921 (1980).

The purpose of this provision is “to make civil remedies readily available, and to guard against arbitrary and discriminatory infringements on access to the courts.” Estate of Cargill v. City of Rochester, 119 N.H. 661, 665, 406 A.2d 704, 706 (1979), appeal dismissed, 445 U.S. 921 (1980).

Where there exist compelling public policy reasons, a person injured by the negligence of another is in some instances barred from recovery altogether.” Estate of Cargill v. City of Rochester, 119 N.H. 661, 665, 406 A.2d 704, 706 (1979) (citation omitted), appeal dismissed, 445 U.S. 921 (1980).

son, property, or character; to obtain right and justice freely, without being obliged to purchase it; completely, and without any denial; promptly, and without delay; conformably to the laws.” The purpose of this provision is “to make civil remedies readily available, and to guard against arbitrary and discriminatory infringements on access to the courts.” Estate of Cargill v. City of Rochester, 119 N.H. 661, 665, 406 A.2d 704, 706 (1979), appeal dismissed, 445 U.S. 921 (1980).

Estate of Cargill v. City of Rochester, 119 N.H. 661, 667, 406 A.2d 704, 707 (1979).

Laws 1975, ch. 483; Estate of Cargill v. City of Rochester, 119 N.H. 661, 668, 406 A.2d 704, 708 (1979).

Equal *541 protection does not require complete equality in the face of factual differences, Opinion of the Justices, 115 N.H. 222, 223, 337 A.2d 354, 356 (1975), or exact mathematical equivalence, Estate of Cargill v. City of Rochester, 119 N.H. 661, 668, 406 A.2d 704, 708 (1979).

Town of Windham v. Alfond, 129 N.H. 24, 30, 523 A.2d 42, 46 (1986); Estate of Cargill v. City of Rochester, 119 N.H. 661, 667, 406 A.2d 704, 707 (1979).

Estate of Cargill v. City of Rochester, 119 N.H. 661, 665-66, 406 A.2d 704, 706 (1979) (tort victims of governmental and private misconduct are a class); Gazzola v. Clements, 120 N.H. at 29, 411 A.2d at 151 (persons whose land is about to be taken by the State for different public purposes are similarly situated); State v. Amyot, 119 N.H. 671, 672-73, 407 A.2d 812, 81

In Estate of Cargill v. City of Rochester, 119 N.H. 661, 669, 406 A.2d 704, 709 (1979), we held that a statutory limitation on the amount of recovery against a municipality in tort actions was consti *843 tutional.

erson, property, or character; to obtain right and justice freely, without being obliged to purchase it; completely, and without any denial; promptly, and without delay; conformably to the laws.” “The purpose of [this provision is] to make civil remedies readily available, and to guard against arbitrary and discriminatory infringements on access to courts.” Estate of Cargill v. City of Rochester, 119 N.H. 661, 665, 406 A.2d 704, 706 (1979).

See, e.g., Estate of Cargill v. City of Rochester, 119 N.H. 661, 668, 406 A.2d 704, 708 (1979) (“RSA 491:8 (State, contracts, no limit)”).

Park v. Rockwell Int’l Corp., 121 N.H. 894, 900, 436 A.2d 1136, 1140 (1981) (King, C.J., dissenting); see also Estate of Cargill v. City of Rochester, 119 N.H. 661, 669, 406 A.2d 704, 708 (1979).

Estate of Cargill v. City of Rochester, 119 N.H. 661, 667, 406 A.2d 704, 707 (1979), appeal dismissed, 445 U.S. 921 (1980).

RSA 281:26 I does not abridge a fundamental constitutional right, adversely affect a suspect class, see Estate of Cargill v. City of Rochester, 119 N.H. 661, 667, 406 A.2d 704, 707 (1979), or affect a right that we find “sufficiently important to require...

Estate of Cargill v. City of Rochester, 119 N.H. 661, 668, 406 A.2d 704, 708 (1979).

*898 In all other wrongful death cases, the legislature has provided that the estate of a person who dies without dependents is entitled to receive up to $50,000, RSA 556:13, even when the named defendant is a governmental unit, RSA 507-B:4 (Supp. 1979); see Estate of Cargill v. City of Rochester, 119 N.H. 661, 663, 406 A.2d 704, 705 (1979).

Cf Estate of Cargill v. City of Rochester, 119 N.H. 661, 669, 406 A.2d 704, 709 (1979), appeal dismissed, 445 U.S. 921 (1980).

The issue is whether any of these classifications violates the equal protection mandate that “those who are similarly situated be similarly treated.” Estate of Cargill v. City of Rochester, 119 N.H. 661, 665, 406 A.2d 704, 706 (1979), quoting Belkner v. Preston, 115 N.H. 15, 17, 332 A.2d 168, 170 (1975).