Appeal of Pelmac Industries, Inc.

Summary

The Supreme Court affirmed the New Hampshire Compensation Appeals Board's award of workers' compensation death benefits to the decedent's estate. It held that the June 5 motor‑vehicle injury was work‑related and that the subsequent suicide was a compensable death under RSA 281‑A:26, applying a newly articulated chain‑of‑causation test. The Court also rejected the carrier's due‑process claim.