tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405173263259599493.post2965826640306327626..comments2023-10-16T21:13:17.934+08:00Comments on Cats and Stuff: Lawsuit against killing someone's petDawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05316034809060106505noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405173263259599493.post-73868426048240108272009-12-21T23:39:30.270+08:002009-12-21T23:39:30.270+08:00This reminded me of a news article dated May 9, 20...This reminded me of a news article dated May 9, 2005.<br />In Seattle, Washington, a Seattle woman whose cat was mauled to death by a neighbor's dog was awarded more than $45,000 last week in her wrongful-death lawsuit against the dog's owner, her attorney announced yesterday. <br /><br />It is likely the largest damage award in the nation relating to the death of a cat, said her attorney, noted animal-law expert Adam Karp. <br /><br />Paula Roemer alleged that her beloved 12-year-old black-and-white shorthair cat, Yofi, was attacked and killed in her back yard in February 2004 by a black chow chow belonging to her neighbor.<br /><br />She was so traumatized that she began having sleep disturbances and panic attacks, sank into depression and began smoking heavily, she wrote in a sworn declaration.<br /><br />"We went to great pains to demonstrate how close she was to Yofi," said Karp, founder of the Washington State Bar Association's Animal Law Section and an adjunct professor of animal law at Seattle University and the University of Washington.<br /><br />More info here http://www.seattlepi.com/local/223447_cat09.htmlAminah Beenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405173263259599493.post-2960462242745731662009-12-21T23:38:11.749+08:002009-12-21T23:38:11.749+08:00This remindsed me of a news article dated May 9, 2...This remindsed me of a news article dated May 9, 2005.<br />In Seattle, Washington, a Seattle woman whose cat was mauled to death by a neighbor's dog was awarded more than $45,000 last week in her wrongful-death lawsuit against the dog's owner, her attorney announced yesterday. <br /><br />It is likely the largest damage award in the nation relating to the death of a cat, said her attorney, noted animal-law expert Adam Karp. <br /><br />Paula Roemer alleged that her beloved 12-year-old black-and-white shorthair cat, Yofi, was attacked and killed in her back yard in February 2004 by a black chow chow belonging to her neighbor.<br /><br />She was so traumatized that she began having sleep disturbances and panic attacks, sank into depression and began smoking heavily, she wrote in a sworn declaration.<br /><br />"We went to great pains to demonstrate how close she was to Yofi," said Karp, founder of the Washington State Bar Association's Animal Law Section and an adjunct professor of animal law at Seattle University and the University of Washington.<br /><br />More info here http://www.seattlepi.com/local/223447_cat09.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405173263259599493.post-14815461090515788162009-12-21T11:03:53.876+08:002009-12-21T11:03:53.876+08:00Hope to see the day that AVA gets sued before it c...Hope to see the day that AVA gets sued before it comes to its senses and remove this ridiculous service!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405173263259599493.post-61420481791256264142009-12-18T22:32:08.043+08:002009-12-18T22:32:08.043+08:00Technically, if a lawsuit like this was ever recog...Technically, if a lawsuit like this was ever recognised, then AVA might potentially be liable too.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05316034809060106505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405173263259599493.post-73904239574412679472009-12-18T16:09:47.083+08:002009-12-18T16:09:47.083+08:00If AVA had any sense of what you are talking, Sing...If AVA had any sense of what you are talking, Singapore won't be full of ' laws ' and full of trapping and killing of free roaming animals. Traps are weapons of murder and who been loaning them out to the public for this purpose?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com