McDonald v. Ohio State University Veterinary Hospital

FRED J. Shoemaker, Judge.

Defendant filed a stipulation of liability in this case on December 22, 1993, admitting that the surgery performed in 1988 on plaintiff Janice McDonald’s show dog was negligent and, as a result, the animal suffered irreversible paraplegia or paralysis of the hind limbs, requiring plaintiff to euthanize the dog.

Trial was conducted on the sole issue of damages. It was shown during trial that plaintiffs dog, Nemo Vom Witzmannberg (“Nemo”), was a notable eight-year-old imported male German Shepherd pedigree. Nemo had been trained by plaintiff as a Schutzhund or “sport…