LACONIA — The suit filed by Peter Mayhew, the owner of the Mayhew Funeral Home, Inc. in Meredith, seeking to silence his neighbor Douglas Frederick, owner of the American Police Motorcycle Museum, will be heard in Carroll County Superior Court after Justice James D. O'Neill III of Belknap County Superior Court recused himself.
Mayhew brought suit after Frederick repeatedly told state and local officials, in statements widely reported in the print and electronic media, that emissions from the crematorium at the funeral home carried ashes and odors on to his property. Insisting that Fredrick's claims are without merit, damage his business and impugn his character, Mayhew has asked the court to forbid him from speaking further about the funeral home or its owner.
O'Neill recused himself from the proceedings after conferring with attorneys Marc van Zanten, representing Mayhew, and William Woodbury, representing Frederick, at a scheduled hearing in Belknap County Superior Court last week.
– Michael Kitch
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