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New Hampshire Legal Assistance provides free legal help to low-income and elderly persons who cannot afford a private attorney. NH Legal Assistance handles legal matters involving health care, domestic violence, public and private housing issues, food stamps, welfare, unemployment compensation, utility shut-off and nursing home problems. Our offices are open Monday-Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. |
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On January 27,2003, the New Hampshire Supreme Court issued a decision on the Appeal of Kerry Tennis. The Court unanimously ruled that the NH Dept. of Employment Security(DES) improperly denied unemployment benefits to Mr. Tennis, a client of NH Legal Assistance. The decision is an important ruling assisting unemployed workers, particularly workers who receive a severance package when they are terminated from employment. The court recognized that DES had wrongly construed Mr. Tennis' earnings to deny him benefits. DES inconsistently counted Mr. Tennis' earnings so that he was denied at a time he needed help. They first counted Tennis' earnings to deny benefits into 2001. Then when he applied for benefits in 2001, they turned around and stated he received his severance package prior to the time he actually received the income. The Court ruled that DES had to count Tennis' earnings when he actually received them. We do not know how many other people have been adversely affected by how the DES construed this issue of monetary eligibility for unemployment benefits. DES provided poor or little notice to workers facing layoff about their rights when they had a severance package but might be eligible for unemployment benefits. Workers, especially in the high tech industry, have likely been adversely affected by the unwritten DES rules the Supreme Court reversed by this decision. To Read the Tennis opinion go to: www.courts.state.nh.us/supreme If you have questions about whether your rights were adversely affected by the rule the Supreme Court overturned, contact plaintiff's counsel Jonathan Baird at 542-8795 or Alan Linder 431-7411. What
type of Cases does (NHLA) handle? Housing Cases
Public Benefits Cases
Disability Advocacy Project We also represent persons applying for federal and state disability benefits such as
*(Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled) Other Types of Cases
Domestic Violence Advocacy Project
Senior Citizen Law Project/Advice Line
Consumer Law Project for Seniors
What does New Hampshire Legal Assistance do?
New Hampshire Legal Assistance has five Branch Law Offices located in different areas of the state. Contact the one nearest you. |
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