Dogs aren't just man's best friend, they're family. That's the argument lawyers for a bereaved Brooklyn man made before a judge while attempting to sue the driver who killed his dachshund Duke.
Attorney Andrew Bokar argued in Brooklyn Supreme Court that New York's definition of dogs as mere property is "antiquated" and doesn't reflect modern views of pets as family members.
Deblase expressed profound grief for his dog Duke, stating on Instagram, "I loved this dog more than life itself and things will never be the same without him."
The Deblase family's legal argument hinges on changing the current law so that emotional trauma from a pet's death can be compensated similarly to human familial loss.
#pets-as-family #emotional-distress #legal-status-of-animals #doctrine-of-zone-of-danger #pet-ownership
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