Law Allowing Recovery for Emotional Distress & Loss of Companionship in Vet Malpractice

The Issue

Veterinarian Malpractice cases have traditionally treated pets, companion, and service animals (hereinafter "animals") as property. This precludes actions for damages for emotional distress and loss of companionship, essentially treating our animals as a couch.

However, our animals are more than property. They are our companions, children, and family. When we lose them we grieve, we're devastated and heart broken from the loss of our beloved. Some of us conduct memorials.

Our animals are more than just a couch, a piece of property that we can easily replace. They provide a personality, communication, joy, happiness, and unconditional love.

So, we request new Arizona Statutes that cover and expand damages for Veterinarian Malpractice. We further request that the Popular Name of these statues be "Thor's Law."

Thor, who was only 6 years old, died as a result of Veterinarian Negligence, Incompetence, Cover Ups, Bad Faith, etc. Thor suffered immense pain as a result of a botched surgery, failure to diagnose, and failure to disclose lab results. In addition, the last days of his life were spent forcing medications which they knew were ineffective and could cause further damage to Thor.

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The Issue

Veterinarian Malpractice cases have traditionally treated pets, companion, and service animals (hereinafter "animals") as property. This precludes actions for damages for emotional distress and loss of companionship, essentially treating our animals as a couch.

However, our animals are more than property. They are our companions, children, and family. When we lose them we grieve, we're devastated and heart broken from the loss of our beloved. Some of us conduct memorials.

Our animals are more than just a couch, a piece of property that we can easily replace. They provide a personality, communication, joy, happiness, and unconditional love.

So, we request new Arizona Statutes that cover and expand damages for Veterinarian Malpractice. We further request that the Popular Name of these statues be "Thor's Law."

Thor, who was only 6 years old, died as a result of Veterinarian Negligence, Incompetence, Cover Ups, Bad Faith, etc. Thor suffered immense pain as a result of a botched surgery, failure to diagnose, and failure to disclose lab results. In addition, the last days of his life were spent forcing medications which they knew were ineffective and could cause further damage to Thor.

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The Decision Makers

Former State House of Representatives
60 Members
Tony Rivero
Former State House of Representatives - Arizona-21B
Kelly Townsend
Former State House of Representatives - Arizona-16B
J.D. Mesnard
Former State House of Representatives - Arizona-17B
Former State Senate
24 Members
Steve Yarbrough
Former State Senate - Arizona-17
Nancy Barto
Former State Senate - Arizona-15
Warren Petersen
Former State Senate - Arizona-12
Former U.S. House of Representatives
2 Members
Debbie Lesko
Former U.S. House of Representatives - Arizona 8th Congressional District
David Schweikert
Former US House of Representatives - Arizona-6
David Farnsworth
Arizona State Senate - District 10
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