Legal Opinion

Town of Plainville v. Almost Home Animal Rescue & Shelter, Inc.

Connecticut Appellate Court

Decided May 15, 2018No. AC39731PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtPrescott, J.

The plaintiffs, the town of Plainville (town) and Donna Weinhofer, the town's animal control officer, appeal from the judgment of the trial court rendered in favor of the defendant, Almost Home Animal Rescue and Shelter, Inc., following the court's granting of the defendant's motion to strike both counts of the plaintiffs' two count complaint. 1 Count one of the complaint sounded in negligence per se and alleged that the defendant, which operates an animal rescue facility, had failed to care for animals in its custody in violation of General Statutes § 53-247 (a), and that this violation…

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