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RICHARDSON v. FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR BOROUGH

No. S-391.

705 P.2d 454 (1985)

Fred RICHARDSON and Jill Richardson, Appellants, v. FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR BOROUGH, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

August 30, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Wickwire, Fairbanks, for appellants.

Chris Bataille, Asst. Borough Atty., Michael B. Markham, Acting Borough Atty., for appellee.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.

OPINION

MOORE, Justice.

This case concerns the proper measure of damages for the death of a pet dog caused by a municipality's negligence. The Fairbanks North Star Borough Animal Shelter (hereafter Borough or pound) violated a Borough ordinance and mistakenly killed the Richardsons' pet dog, Wizzard. The Richardsons had owned the dog for about two months. At trial the superior court limited the damage award to the dog's market value or replacement cost....

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