Lessard v. City of Manchester Fire Department

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• finding amendment to statute governing disability benefits not retroactive because application would “create a new obligation, impose a new duty or attach a new disability in respect to past transactions”
• an amendment should not be applied retrospectively “so as to create a new obligation, impose a new duty or attach a new disability in respect to past transactions” (quotation omitted)

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