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· 3/4/1982

Parsons v. Ponder

Citations

  • 288 S.E.2d 751
  • 161 Ga. App. 723
  • 1982 Ga. App. LEXIS 2017

How courts have described this case

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  • punitive damages allowed where dog owner allowed dog to run at large despite previous attacks on human beings and county orders to quarantine the dog
  • “There must be evidence of wilful misconduct, malice, fraud, wantonness, oppression, or that entire want of care which would raise the presumption of a conscious indifference to consequences.”

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Judges: Sognier, Shulman, Birdsong

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