Carla Strickland v. Kathryn and Jeremy Medlen

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• holding that a dog’s value is its economic value, not value drawn from companionship and other non-commercial considerations
• observing that the Legislature is best equipped to weigh and initiate broad changes to social and civil-justice policy
• observing that the Legislature is best equipped to weigh and initiate broad changes to social and civil-justice policy
• observing that the Legislature is best equipped to weigh and initiate broad changes to social and civil-justice policy
• noting that under Texas law, dogs are personal property
• refusing to permit noneconomic damages rooted in relational attachment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).