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Claims by suspected double dog killer John Richard Geick that he was “brainwashed” by his ex-wife into admitting he abused the animals is “utterly absurd,” a prosecutor said Monday.
Crown lawyer Rose Greenwood said the evidence was clear Geick beat both his then-common-law spouse’s basset hound and chihuahua two days apart in February 2019.
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The basset hound, Sophie, was discovered dead in the couple’s southwest Calgary home on Feb. 15, while Tyler, a two-kilogram chihuahua, was beaten so badly it had to be euthanized on Feb. 17.
Louisiana Court: ‘Collectibility’ Not a Limiting Factor in Legal Malpractice Damage Amounts
Are a plaintiff’s damages in a legal malpractice case limited to the amount they could have collected in a judgement in the underlying lawsuit that an attorney was found to have mishandled?
The Louisiana Supreme Court said ‘no’ in a case involving a woman’s malpractice suit against her attorney who failed to file in a timely manner his client’s petition for damages following an auto accident in which the client was injured.
In Elaine Ewing vs. Westport Insurance Corporation, Et Al., the court was asked to “determine whether ‘collectibility’ is a relevant consideration in a legal malpractice action,” Chief Justice Bernette J. Johnson explained in an opinion issued Nov. 19.