Posted on 05/09/2005 6:46:54 AM PDT by MississippiMasterpiece
It probably would have been much lower IF THE GUY HAD SHOWN UP IN COURT. Call it a stupidity tax.
OK, that seems reasonable then. Thanks for explaining it to me! I'm not necessarily agreeing (nor disagreeing) with the $45,000 amount, but considering the defendant chose not to show up, I can see how a clever plaintiff could maximize the total.
I do have an inherent bias. I like cats.
Twisted? No. But I do have spin 1/2.
That statement appears to suggest that you oppose the rule of law. I don't believe I'd care to make statements like that.
"Roemer was in Israel visiting friends in 1992 when she came across a heap of matted fur covered with flies. Roemer stopped to offer the cat some water from a bottle cap."
Yep, sounds like a $30K cat to me!
And another reason to dislike cats!
Justice was served. Rest in peace Yofi, and may God assuage Ms. Roemer's loss.
"That statement appears to suggest that you oppose the rule of law. I don't believe I'd care to make statements like that.
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Obey at all costs. I hear and I obey. You wish is my command. *walks off cliff because he was told to do so*
Too bad cat's don't have souls. There is no kitty heaven.
Per the article:
Roemer said, one day in February 2004 she heard screeching coming from her back yard and saw a neighbor's dog, a chow, holding Yofi in its jaws and shaking the cat. Roemer said she tried to rescue Yofi but lost sight of the cat while trying to save another one of her cats and get the dog out of the yard. She found the cat dead in another neighbor's yard the next day. Roemer said Gray's dog had repeatedly escaped from its yard before the incident, partly because a fence on the side of the yard had large gaps.
The dog was in the cat owner's yard. This award may be excessive when viewed strictly as compensation for the loss of the cat, but it's quite appropriate as punishment for someone who keeps a large dog in a yard with gaps in the fence large enough for the dog to repeatedly escape. The dog owner should be glad it was only a cat that his dog got hold of. He'd be paying a heck of a lot more if it had gotten hold of a human toddler -- which it could just as easily have done.
Judgements like this should be a regular thing. People would soon start getting the message that you either have to have a solid fence, or you can't have a big dog. And fewer toddlers would get mauled or killed.
What would be even better is major fines and a week or two in jail just for owning a dog that gets loose when you obviously don't have a fence capable of containing it. Sticking a large aggressive dog in a yard with a fence that's got holes bigger than the dog in it, is a lot like driving drunk -- playing roulette with other people's lives.
"However, if it's something, or one, you care deeply about, then why not?"
Pets are property, period. I don't want the state to start to legislate that pets are more than property. As soon as they do, we end up with constitutional protections for pigs in the state constitutions!
That comes from the owner of the best dog in the world!
"The cat in question was the gift I gave to my wife for our engagement.."
What is your cat's name? D-I-A-M-O-N-D?
I woonder about that...
Good points. Why is the dog owner considered negligent for the dog running loose, but the cat owner is not also considered negligent for the same thing? If she wanted to properly protect her cat from loose dogs, she should have a fenced in yard. What would she have done if a racoon or skunk killed her cat?
I dunno, it's a bit... neurotic, but not particularly crazy.
"Gratuitous high five implemented."
Are you sure you want to applaude the elevation of animals as more than property? How does it feel to nail the planks into PETA's platform?
If you truly believe that, then it sounds like you are the one who is certifiable as a mental case.
Yawn.
I am glad you find him attractive. He gos by the name Bob. We got him from the animal shelter and cant think of a reason how or why he ended up there. I will tell TheBob he has a new fan. Have a great day!
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