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New Hampshire · Through 2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025

RSA 507:7-i: Inadmissible Evidence; Post Verdict Procedure.

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  1. Title LII: ACTIONS, PROCESS, AND SERVICE OF PROCESS
  2. Chapter 507: ACTIONS
  3. Comparative Fault, Apportionment of Damages, and Contribution Among Tortfeasors

Evidence of a settlement with, or the giving of a release or covenant not to sue to, one or more persons liable for the same injury shall not be introduced in evidence in a trial by jury of an action against another person to recover damages for the same injury. However, upon return of a verdict for the plaintiff by the jury in any such trial, the court shall inquire of counsel the amount of consideration paid for any such settlement, release, or covenant not to sue, and shall reduce the plaintiff's verdict by that amount.

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