I flipped on CNN in the car and heard an anchor say the the Plaintiff in the Stamford chimp attack case is suing for 50 million dollars!  Evidently the good folks at CNN don’t read A Connecticut Law Blog. If they did, they would know that nobody has sued anybody at this point!

What the Plaintiff’s are doing at this point is seeking to attach 50 million dollars of the Defendant’s assets which is different from suing the Defendant for 50 million dollars. An attachment simply secures assets that are necessary to satisfy the plaintiff’s judgment in the event a plaintiff prevails at trial. 

On the PJR application, the Plaintiff certifies that there is probable cause that a judgment may enter in the amount the Plaintiff is seeking to attach. Probable cause is a low standard and 50 million dollars is a high number.

A quick google search reveals that the highest jury verdict in State history is 38.5 million dollars.

At the PJR hearing the Defendant will certainly argue that the amount of the attachment if any should be much less than 50 million dollars.

Of course, if the Defendant doesn’t have 50 million dollars worth of assets than a PJR being granted in the amount of 50 million dollars isn’t really worth the paper its printed on.

I’ll keep on top of this case.

I’ve written about lemons before and Attorney Sergei Lemberg writes about them all the time.

If you’re a long time reader then you know my dog Brady. I adopted Brady from the Hartford Pound as a puppy. Dogs at the pound are given 8 days to be adopted or be put to sleep. Click here for a list of pets available at the Hartford Animal Shelter.

Brady is many things.

She is loving, kind, and a good pet.

She’s also a lemon. 

Within months of owning her, Brady had to have major hip surgery. The surgery was needed so that she can walk. Her condition was no fault of Hartford Animal Control.

The legislature is considering protection for residents who purchase a dog or cat from a breeder or a pet store. The proposed law would seek to ensure that cats and dogs sold in Connecticut are healthy at the time of purchase and not subject to inhumane conditions. Check out the text of the bill here.

I’ll take back what I wrote earlier. In no sense is Brady a lemon. She’s lemonade.

I’ve added a program that lets me know what my readers are reading.

Let me tell you a little about yourself. You love adverse possession and animal law posts.

Videos keep bringing you back to the site.

Ask and you shall receive.  Here’s an animal law post with a video.

It is illegal to keep a tiger as a pet in Connecticut. Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 26-40a.

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That’s a flippin’ sweet tiger.