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Negligent Hiker Law Put To The Test In N.H. Supreme Court

Courtesy of Fish and Game

The New Hampshire Supreme Court is set to issue its ruling on whether an out-of-state hiker should have to pay for his rescue back in 2012.

Earlier this year, a Concord district court judge agreed with Fish and Game that Edward Bacon of Michigan acted negligently after he set out on a five-day solo hike in the White Mountains with an artificial hip that he had previously dislocated multiple times.

The current bill rings in at more than $9,100.

If the court rules against Bacon, he says he plans to never hike in New Hampshire again.

So far a total of 63 hikers have been found negligent since the law was put on the books seven years ago.

Before joining NHPR, Paige was a freelance writer for Boston's NPR affiliate WBUR, a freelance political reporter for WATD, and a general assignment reporter at the Boston bureau of The Associated Press.
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