Benchmarks: Dog lovers recover for emotional distress 

Marking a breakthrough for pet lovers, a California court has ruled that an ill-natured homeowner must pay for the emotional distress caused by his beating of his neighbors’ dog with a baseball bat.
“[W]e hold California law allows a pet owner to recover for mental suffering caused by another’s intentional » […]

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