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N.J. court puts lid on value of pets

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N.J. court puts lid on value of pets

A loving pet may be worth more than the cost of replacing it, but seeing a dog suffer a violent death is not the same as witnessing a close human relative being killed, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

The ruling set a legal limit on the value of pets in a society where they are often considered part of the family.

The decision came in a lawsuit over damages when a bigger mixed-breed dog mauled Joyce McDougall’s 9-year-old Maltese-poodle mix during a walk through their Morris Plains, Morris County, neighborhood in 2007.  (Mulvihill, Associated Press)

https://www.philly.com/philly/news/new_jersey/20120801_N_J__court_puts_lid_on_value_of_pets.html

 

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