Legal Opinion
Ott v. Pittman
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Decided October 16, 1995No. 2398PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Shaw, Judge:
A Calhoun County jury awarded Ott actual damages of $19,800.00 against Pittman whom the jury found 90% negligent in the shooting of Ott’s two coonhounds, one of which died. We affirm.
Ott sought actual and punitive damages against Pittman for wilfully and maliciously shooting and killing one and se verely wounding another of his champion Treeing Walker Coonhounds on the night of January 30, 1992. Ott and some friends had released their hounds to hunt on the property adjacent to property owned by Sam Reid, Sr., the father-in-law of Mr. Pittman. The hounds were wearing reflective…
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