* 2010 Representation of dog owner - assist owner with pre-suit
resolution of claim against county animal shelter for wrongful euthanasia of companion animal.
* 2010 Agreed Order - agreement with municipality on behalf of home owner
not to find dog dangerous in exchange for small fine.
* 2010 Representation of local rescue organization - assist rescue in resolving
dispute with adopter pre-suit.
* 2009 Stipulated Order - agreement with municipality on behalf of unit owner
not to find dog dangerous in exchange for certain conditions and supervision.
* 2009 Settlement - pre-suit settlement with same condominium association as
below on behalf of another owner allowing owner to keep multiple cats in unit where bylaws prohibit pets but cats had been
living in the household for years before the new board began enforcing the regulation.
* 2008 Settlement - pre-suit settlement with condominium association on behalf
of owner allowing owner to keep multiple cats in unit where bylaws prohibits pets but cats had been living in the
household for years before the new board began enforcing the regulation.
* 2008 Bench Ruling - Cook County judge grants ex parte
Order of Replevin to owner whose dog was apparently stolen by dog walker.
* 2008 Administrative Finding - Reversal of euthanasia order by Chicago
Animal Care and Control in favor of owners of family dog.
* 2008 Settlement - pre-suit settlement with condominium association on behalf
of elderly, widowed owner allowing owner to keep cat in unit where bylaws prohibits pets but widow had been living with
cat for years before the new board began enforcing the regulation.
* 2008 Administrative Finding - Reversal of euthanasia order by Chicago
Animal Care and Control in favor of owners of family dog.
*2008 Settlement - confidential pre-suit settlement in favor of owners whose
dog suffered a broken toe at a doggie day care facility.
* 2008 Settlement - $5,000 settlement in favor owner whose dog suffered heat
stroke after being kept in doggie day care van without air conditioning for roughly 1-1/2 hours in 90+ degrees temperature.
The dog lived and eventually recovered.
* 2008 Administrative Finding - Reversal of euthanasia order by Village
of Oak Park in favor of owners of family dog.
* 2007 Settlement - $27,500 settlement by City of Chicago and Chicago Police
Officer Jeffrey Edwards. Suit alleged that Edwards, while apparently in pursuit of an unknown suspect, ran through
Plaintiff's backyard, fatally shot Plaintiff's 10-yr-old, spayed dog (who had no biting history) and kept running.
* 2007 Arbitration Award - DuPage arbitration panel awards $7,014.51 to owners
of dog seriously injured by another dog, where injuries ultimately led to dog's death.
* 2006 Bench Ruling - Cook County judge grants ex parte
Order of Replevin, returning a dog to a Katrina victim who had been trying to locate and retrieve her companion from various
foster placements for more than a year.
*2006 Representation of dog owner - Ruling by a Kane County judge allowing a
claim for fraud to proceed in a veterinary malpractice lawsuit.
*2006 Settlement - Kane County claim for veterinary malpractice settled for
$16,000.
* 2006 Administrative Finding - Reversal of determination of "dangerousness"
and euthanasia order by Chicago Animal Care and Control in favor of owner of family dog.
*2006 Settlement - claim for veterinary malpractice settled for what appears
to be the largest amount in a small animal claim in Illinois, and among the largest in the country; terms confidential
by agreement of the parties.
* 2005 Administrative Finding - Reversal of determination of "dangerousness"
by Cook County Animal Control in favor of owners of family dog.
* 2005 Bench Trial Verdict - Representation of owners whose dog was injured
at a boarding facility; Will County trial award of full $5,000 + costs recoverable in small claims court.
* 2005 Appellate Decision - Ruling by Illinois Appellate Court that a woman,
whose cat was ripped apart by a rottweiler while being boarded at her vet's clinic, may sue for damages including her pain
and suffering over loss of companion animal. Anzalone v. Kragness, et al., 04-1647 (1st Dist., Mar. 7, 2005)
* 2005 Representation of dog owner - Ruling by a Cook County judge allowing
a claim for fraud to proceed in a veterinary malpractice lawsuit. There are no previously reported decisions in Illinois allowing
a claim for fraud in this context.
* 2004 Representation of dog owner - Settlement in favor of purchaser
of pure-breed dog with congenital defect to cover cost of corrective surgeries.
* 2003 Representation of cat owner
- Ruling by a Cook County judge allowing a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress to proceed in a veterinary
malpractice lawsuit. There are no previously reported decisions in Illinois allowing a claim for intentional infliction in
this context.
* 2002 Representation
of two animal-related businesses - Investigation pursuant to subpoena by the Attorney General’s office closed
after one meeting.
