[Steppes] OT: USA owners can join class action lawsuit in Canada against Menu Foods

Sat Apr 21 10:26:07 PDT 2007

Please forgive the bandwith, but I know for a fact of at least one
individual that lost a family pet due to the issues with all the dog/cat
food issues going on. So I Wanted to forward this to the list in general.
Please feel free to forward to any and all people you know, who may have
suffered a loss due to the tainted ingredients in so many recalled foods.
There are more and more foods added daily, and here is the site you can use
to compare to what you have on hand. This list is updated daily, and
literally daily there are new foods and products added to these lists.

Thank you for your time,

-Annwn

From: http://www.petitionz.org/content/view/2/1/

News Release

Canadian Pet Owner

Finds Way to

Help American Victims

of Tainted Pet Food

April 20, 2007 (Toronto, Canada) Pet owner Karen Fraser of Toronto
Ontario responded to the tainted pet food scandal by founding Petitionz
.org with Ron Smith. The web site has provided a constructive way for
angered and grieving pet owners to respond to the ongoing pet food
crisis. People from around the world have signed the petition and voted
in the polls.

While trying to keep up on the recall and reaction information that
seemed to change by the hour, Ms. Fraser came across articles by
American media which indicated that U.S. pet owners would get little
compensation if they won a law suit against Menu Foods. Few states
recognize pets as anything beyond property.

She then checked the web site for the Canadian law firm Falconer Charney
as they had filed class action lawsuits against Menu Foods Inc. and
Canada wide distributors and producers of potentially contaminated pet
food. On the site she found a court decision in Ontario granting
damages to pet owners for emotional trauma. Under Ontario law a pet is
not just another object that people own. A pet is an important part of
people's lives and Ontario law recognizes that people can be emotionally
traumatized if their pet is hurt or dies.

Ms. Fraser called the law firm to ask if Americans could join the
Canadian class action lawsuit because the headquarters for Menu Foods is
located in Ontario. Mr. Ted Charney called back promptly and offered
this opinion, "Americans can file in Toronto because Menu Foods is
headquartered in this province and made all material decisions in its
operations from its head office."

Like many areas of the law this is not black and white. The Ontario
judge may only grant Americans the compensation allowed by the U.S.
state where they live but she/he might grant compensation under Ontario
law. Mr. Charney suggests that pet owners should consider whether their
state laws allow for compensation for emotional trauma before
considering the Canadian lawsuit.

Falconer Charney is representing pet owners who wish to recover
compensation and help prevent contaminated ingredients and poison from
entering the pet food chain.

Ms. Fraser states, "While this is not a black and white solution I think
the gray area is very promising. Many pet owners feel their loss and
the cruelty have been trivialized. They would like this experience to
have some meaning and lead to protection for pets and people from now on."

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To learn more about the class action law suit and legal contact
information visit Petitionz.org <http://petitionz.org/>

Contacts: Karen Fraser (416) 696-7621 or

Ron Smith (416) 893-1551

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