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Three-legged dog
February 6, 2013
- 115 Damages
- 115III Grounds and Subjects of Compensatory Damages
- 115III(A) Direct or Remote, Contingent, or Prospective Consequences or Losses
- 115III(A)2 Mental Suffering and Emotional Distress
- 115k57.36 Injury to Property or Property Rights
- 115k57.38 k. Pets and Other Animals.
Owner of dog could not recover damages for alleged embarrassment and humiliation which he allegedly experienced as result of possessing a three-legged dog because defendant shot the dog requiring amputation of one leg.
Brown v. Swindell, 198 So.2d 432 (La.App. 1967)
Suggested by Marie Erickson, Research Lawyer/Librarian, Law Library of Louisiana
That’s not the way we roll here in California (although the facts are a bit different
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New Appellate Case Holds Pet Owners May Recover Emotional Distress Damages for Intentional Harm Inflicted Upon Their Pet.
http://jacksonandwilson.com/appellate-law-dog-owner-rights/