Back in the old days that was a lot of money.
This is wrong on both parties accout. Do not mess with others property but 1.4 million for a cat is a tavesty of justice.
Claims? The landlord did still the cat. Good to see justice served. Don’t mess with peoples pets.
I wonder how much someone would get if their pet was executed along with a warrant.
Pets are property under CA law, doesn’t matter how much you love it. The replacement cost from a pet shop is the cap of damages. I could see a larger verdict if the LL slaughtered the animal in front of the tenant or otherwise was cruel and the tenant saw it [emotional distress claim]. But the story says the animal was taken to a shelter and apparently put down - happens every day and performed as a function of government, so that doesn’t explain it. Punitive damages are a function of actual damages [usually 3x cap], according to the US Supremes, so that can’t be it either.
No legal analysis of the explosive headline in the story either.
Maybe OR is different, but I doubt it.
Jury emotionalism is not part of just compensation. This verdict will be thrown out by the sitting judge or overturned on appeal.
This nonsense is what you get when your “peers” are a bunch of blue hairs and beta boys.
Cat was microchipped and he, either, didn't check or care.
Cat is back with his original owners.
Back in the day, this case would have never made it to court.
I would have said, then, "No way this award will be upheld."
Now...Oregon...🙄
This is why they should string up “juries” once the trial is over.
Objectively speaking, no pet is worth that much money unless its an animal raised to compete in certain shows or exibits.
Such as with a Race Horse. Individualy speaking, most would consider their pets to be “priceless”.
A golden oldie meme
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