Manhattan Woman Hopes to Prove Her Dog Has a Soul, or Whatever By Dan Amira 1/4/12 at 2:27 PM Pretty much everyone — even cat people! — recognizes that dogs are capable of suffering, of feeling pain and sadness and misery. And yet the law often treats them like mere objects. After allegedly buying a …
Huffington Post: Lask Says Puppies Are Living Souls
Elena Zakharova Sues Raising Rover Pet Store For Dog’s Pain Can a lawyer prove the existence of a living soul? If you’re defending Elena Zakharova and her dog Umka, that’s exactly what you’ll have to do. In a rather bizarre lawsuit, Zakharova is suing Raising Rover, an Upper East Side pet store where she purchased …
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CBS4: Lask Fights for Puppies’ Rights
Suit Seeks Pain and Suffering Damages for Puppy The owner wants the court to consider the puppy a living soul, rather than property, as state law dictates. Tuesday, Jan 3, 2012 | Updated 10:57 AM EST Umka, the dog at the center of the suit. The owner of a Brussels Griffon puppy has filed …
NY1: Lask Fights Pet Store to Enforce Puppy Lemon Laws
Puppy Is Entitled To Sue UES Pet Store, Attorney Says By: NY1 News 01/04/2012 06:04 PM Two-month-old Umka is the plaintiff in the lawsuit. Owner Elena Zakharova said Umka was sold to her with bad knees and hips by the pet store Raising Rover on the Upper East Side. Though pets are considered “property” under …
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NY Daily News: Lask to Prove Puppies have souls
Lawsuit looks to prove dogs have souls Seeking payment for $8,000 in vet bills, the court claim cites pup’s pain and suffering By Barbara Ross AND Helen Kennedy / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Tuesday, January 3 2012, 9:51 PM Umka’s owner has filed suit claiming the dog should be recognized as a living soul …
Buffalo News: Lask’s Foreclosure Wins-Baum Over
Freddie Mac bans Baum from N.Y. loan service By Jonathan D. Epstein NEWS BUSINESS REPORTER Updated: November 15, 2011, 8:00 AM National mortgage servicing giant Freddie Mac has barred its loan servicers from referring any new foreclosure or bankruptcy cases in New York State to Steven J. Baum PC, delivering a severe blow to a …
USA Today: Lask Says Strip Searches Unreasonable
In Supreme Court case, man says strip-search humiliated himBy Joan Biskupic, USA TODAY10/10/11 WASHINGTON – Albert Florence was riding in a car with his wife and son on a New Jersey highway in 2005 when he was picked up on a warrant for an outstanding fine, taken to jail and, as part of routine processing, …