Dog law: A legal salute to man’s best friend 
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Published: August 30, 2010
Here in the dog days of summer, it’s only appropriate to take a look at a body of cases, statutes and verdicts & settlements that rightly can be called “Dog Law.”
Dogs have made their mark in the Virginia Code. There are 66 different statutes pertaining to pooches. For example, there are several code sections dealing ...
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Great article- but what about veterinary malpractice? Dogs can certainly be the victims of bad medical care and it appears in Virginia, there are limits of actual damages. Vets pay some of the lowest malpractice premiums in the professional world because they don’t get sued too often. It’s costs more to hire a lawyer than to pay the vet’s bill in most cases.