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Cornish, New Hampshire - July 23, 2009
The town of Cornish, N.H., has been cleared of wrongdoing in a rescue response that turned deadly.
The Cornish Rescue Squad strapped Virginia Yates to an airboat to bring her across the Connecticut River three years ago, but the boat sank and Yates drowned.
Her family filed a negligence lawsuit against the boat manufacturer, the rescue squad and four area towns claiming they have a responsibility to oversee the execution of their town's emergency management plan.
A judge dismissed the town of Cornish from the lawsuit, saying just because it funds the rescue service does not mean it's responsible for the drowning.
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