Sentences with phrase «lawsuit against the animal»

The victims of animal bites in Texas may also file a personal injury lawsuit against the animal's owner for negligence.

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That's the demand made in a lawsuit filed today against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) by an animal law expert at Harvard University, together with the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and several other animal welfare groups.

-- The Animal Legal Defense Fund reached a formal resolution in a hard - fought lawsuit against Barkworks, a pet store chain in Southern California.

In what is viewed as a potential landmark by attorneys specializing in animal rights, Adam Riff and his mother, Ellen, of Tamarac can move forward on their lawsuit against Welleby Veterinary Medical Center in Sunrise and their former vet, John Willie.

Back in late 2009, in a lawsuit filed by a coalition of Los Angeles — area bird advocacy groups against City of Los Angeles Animal Services (LAAS), a Los Angeles Superior Court judge found in favor of the bird groups that LAAS programs in support of trap / neuter / return (TNR) as a community cat management strategy was in violation of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because the agency had not conducted an environmental impact study regarding the effects on the environment of sterilizing free - roaming community cats.

«In June of 2011, United Pet Supply, Inc. who owned the pet store filed a massive lawsuit in both federal and state court against the city and McKamey Animal Care and Adoption Center seeking $ 10 million in damages for violating their Fifth and 14th Amendment rights to due process related to an illegal search and seizure of their animals.»

The lawsuit is brought against Petland, Inc.; Hunte Kennel Systems and Animal Care, Inc. and Hunte Delivery System, Inc..

I am very busy with the No Kill Advocacy Center and a recent lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Control for unlawfully killing animals, refusing to work with rescue groups, and inhumane treatment of animals in its facilities.

There was also a lawsuit in San Diego brought against the city and various animal welfare groups and advocates involved with passing the ordinance, but the claims against animal welfare groups were dismissed and the pet store owner bringing the suit ultimately dropped it against the city of San Diego.

Salzer v. King Kong Zoo The Animal Legal Defense Fund is assisting in legal representation of several North Carolina residents who filed a lawsuit against King Kong Zoo for violating the state's animal crueltAnimal Legal Defense Fund is assisting in legal representation of several North Carolina residents who filed a lawsuit against King Kong Zoo for violating the state's animal crueltanimal cruelty law.

Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Herbert The Animal Legal Defense Fund, along with PETA, filed the nation's first lawsuit against ag gag legislation, taking Utah to court for infringing on the free speech rights of activists, investigators, and journalists by criminalizing undercover investigations at factory farms.

«In our litigious society, there will eventually be a lawsuit against a veterinarian because a person falls ill with a resistant infection and an animal in the household has the same bacterium,» Dr. Werner says.

In July 2014, the Animal Legal Defense Fund and three Pennsylvania residents filed a lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, alleging illegal expenditure of state tax dollars on unlawful regulatory activity.

Critics have argued that some tactics employed by animal advocates, including protests, risk turning public opinion against the animal advocacy movement.178 While these activities make up a small proportion of L214's work, they do organize and participate in protests and demonstrations.179 Investigations make up a larger part of L214's work and have sometimes led to a slightly different type of backlash in which industry and government respond by attempting to pass laws that target advocates, such as ag - gag legislation in the United States.180 While L214 tries to maintain good relationships with media and the government, and France does not have ag - gag laws, they have sometimes been the target of lawsuits by industry because their footage is taken without permission.181 L214 has sometimes suffered negative consequences as a result of these lawsuits, such as fines or the requirement to take footage down from their website.182, 183

In one case they prepared an amicus curiae brief regarding the issue of what damages guardians can recover for the death of a companion animal, and in another case they conducted a fact and legal investigation to prepare a lawsuit for a client seeking to recover damages against the individual who intentionally killed his companion dog.

known lawsuits are currently being brought against puppy stores and national chains selling puppies, kittens and other animals sourced from pet mills.

Animal Folks is a plaintiff in this lawsuit against the USDA.

On August 14, 2017, District Judge William H. Orrick dismissed the lawsuit against the USDA for removing tens of thousands of animal welfare records from the agency's website «on the grounds that FOIA does not provide a remedy to enforce the government's obligation to publish certain types of records.»

On February 22, 2017, the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) filed a lawsuit against the USDA, arguing that removal of online animal welfare records violates the Freedom of Information Act and the Administative ProcedurAnimal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) filed a lawsuit against the USDA, arguing that removal of online animal welfare records violates the Freedom of Information Act and the Administative Proceduranimal welfare records violates the Freedom of Information Act and the Administative Procedure Act.

In July 2017, the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) filed a consumer class action lawsuit against the Petland chain, and its location in Kennesaw, Georgia, for racketeering.

In January, a lawsuit filed against Gov. Gov. Matt Bevin and Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles alleged that animals are in overcrowded county shelters that don't have enough money to operate because the state has failed to enforce the 2004 law.

In September 2011, the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) filed a class action lawsuit against Barkworks, a southern California pet store chain, «claiming the stores repeatedly engage in fraud and false advertising in an effort to conceal from customers that they source their puppies from abusive «puppy mills» — large - scale commercial dog breeding facilities.

Animal Folks is part of a coalition, led by the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), that filed a lawsuit against the USDA for removal of animal welfare documents from the USDA weAnimal Folks is part of a coalition, led by the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), that filed a lawsuit against the USDA for removal of animal welfare documents from the USDA weAnimal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), that filed a lawsuit against the USDA for removal of animal welfare documents from the USDA weanimal welfare documents from the USDA website.

You will indemnify, defend, and hold the Rescue harmless from and against any claims, lawsuits, injuries, damages, losses, costs, or expenses whatsoever sustained by any companion animal or any person in connection with your intentional misconduct or grossly negligent performance of Foster Care for the Rescue or your breach of the Rescue's rules, regulations, policies, and programs.

provided civil immunity for veterinarians, vet - techs, and humane officers against lawsuits for reporting suspected animal cruelty.

An animal advocacy group has dropped a lawsuit against the National Park Service in exchange for the opportunity to independently observe the eradication of Anacapa Island's black rat population.

The 1865 ban on slavery is the basis for a lawsuit against SeaWorld, filed by PETA on the behalf of five orca whales which, the animal rights group argues, are enslaved for commercial gain by the marine park.

An experienced Massachusetts attorney may be able to help their clients obtain this compensation by helping them file a personal injury lawsuit against the owner of the animal that caused the injury.

Lawsuits against Glaxo claim that the company failed to properly test the drug and determine safety risks before selling it; failed to warn the public about dangerous side effects; fraudulently marketed the drug to pregnant women even though it was not approved for this use; and misrepresented results from animal studies.

Some companies exclude animal liability, and you need to be aware of this if you hope to have a defense against a lawsuit.

In the case in question, a woman who was injured from a fall off a horse was asked to share her Facebook posts with the court in a lawsuit against the owner of the animal.