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HEGARTY v. ADDISON COUNTY HUMANE SOC.

No. 02-385.

848 A.2d 1139 (2004)

2004 VT 33

Suzanne and Elizabeth HEGARTY v. ADDISON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

April 2, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter F. Langrock of Langrock Sperry & Wool, L.L.P., Middlebury, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Jeff W. Lively, Stowe, for Defendant-Appellee.

William H. Sorrell, Attorney General, Montpelier, and Diane E. Zamos, Assistant Attorney General, Waterbury, for Amicus Curiae.

Present: AMESTOY, C.J., and JOHNSON and SKOGLUND, JJ., and ALLEN, C.J. (Ret.) and GIBSON, J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.

SKOGLUND, J.

¶ 1. On suspicion of inadequate care, defendant Addison County Humane Society (ACHS) seized Suzanne and Elizabeth Hegarty's elderly mare, Paka. The Hegartys sued ACHS in Addison Superior Court alleging claims for conversion and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The superior court granted ACHS's motion for summary judgment and the Hegartys appealed. Because ACHS followed the constitutionally...

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