City pays $25,000 to settle pit bull shooting case 
Published: October 20, 2011
Tags: dog, Pennsylvania, police shooting
North Braddock, Penn. has agreed to pay a resident $25,000 to settle a lawsuit over the shooting of her pit bull by a borough police officer.
Mayor settles suit after SWAT shoots his dogs
By:
Associated Press
Published: February 3, 2011
Tags: dog, Maryland, shooting, SWAT
The mayor of a small town in a suburb of Washington, D.C. is settling a lawsuit he filed against a Maryland county after his dogs were shot to death during a SWAT team raid at his house.
Man sues over euthanized dog
By:
Associated Press
Published: October 8, 2010
Tags: dog, Rhode Island
A Providence, R.I. man claims in a lawsuit filed against the city’s animal control department that his mixed-breed pit bull was captured and euthanized the next day in violation of city law.
Chihuahua is wife’s separate property, court rules
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: September 20, 2010
Tags: custody, divorce, dog
A couple’s Chihuahua is the separate property of the wife even though it was paid for with commingled funds, a Texas appellate court has ruled, affirming a divorce decree.
Dispute over dog results in split custody
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: August 20, 2010
Tags: custody, divorce, dog
A divorcing couple was ordered to split custody of their Lhasa apso by a judge in Maryland.
Woman mauled by dogs wins settlement against city
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: June 25, 2010
Tags: dog, New York
A woman mauled by a pack of wild dogs on a Queens, N.Y. boardwalk in 2001 won a $750,000 settlement from the city.
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