KRASNECKY v. MEFFEN

No. 99-P-700.

56 Mass. App. Ct. 418 (2002)

ROBERT KRASNECKY & another v. DAVID MEFFEN & another.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Hampshire.

November 12, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven M. Wise for the plaintiffs.

Robert F. Feeney for the defendants.

Present: JACOBS, KANTROWITZ, & KAFKER, JJ.


JACOBS, J.

On April 24, 1993, two dogs owned by the defendants entered onto the plaintiffs' residential property in the town of Ware and killed seven of the plaintiffs' sheep. The plaintiffs learned of these killings the next day when they returned to their home after an out-of-State trip. They later filed a complaint against the defendants in the Superior Court, claiming the sheep were "companion animals" and essentially seeking damages for emotional distress and...

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