Carbasho v. Musulin

Justice MAYNARD delivered the Opinion of the Court.

Justice STARCHER dissents and reserves the right to file a dissenting opinion.

MAYNARD, Justice.

This case is before this Court upon appeal of a final order of the Circuit Court of Brooke County entered on March 31, 2004. In that order, the circuit court granted summary judgment in favor of the appellee and defendant below, Michael Musulin, finding that the measure of property damages for the loss of a pet dog is limited to the dog’s fair market value. In this appeal, the appellant and plaintiff below, Helen Tracy Car-basho, contends that the…