Petland Novi is court ordered to provide a list of its breeders, brokers and employees for the past five years.
Today, attorney Jenifer Measel
prevailed during the second hearing in the Rose vs Petland Novi case. Judge
Phyllis McMillen ended the “discovery battle” by offering time for the
attorneys to hammer out a list of questions not fully answered. During that
time, Petland’s attorney was ordered to provide additional information, as well
as, deposition dates.
According to court documents, a
Northville family purchased a sick puppy that passed an antibiotic resistant
Campylobacter infection on to the owner requiring time off of work and medical
treatment.
Petland Novi has stonewalled the
buyers since the lawsuit was filed in November by refusing to provide complete
answers to questions regarding the store’s business practices and not providing
deposition dates. Instead, Petland Novi is attempting to dismiss the case
suggesting it is “over pleaded” with eight counts, 118 witnesses, including Bob
Gatt, the Mayor of Novi and that the couple may have contracted campylobacter
while dinning out.
Measel reminded the court this is a
Toxic Tort case and everyone in the chain will be sued. She noted that the CDC
investigated the campylobacter outbreak across the country in 2016-17 tracing
the source to Petland stores. She will need to start by deposing, not only the
pet store owner, Randy Horowitz, but two sales managers (Alayna Markle and
Melissa Norvakowski) both of whom testified before the House Agriculture
Committee in Lansing in support of legislation that would protect pet retail
sales.
According to court documents, the
Plaintiffs have asked for such items as…..
- A list of
breeders, brokers or other entities Petland has acquired animals from along
with all acquisition records
- A list of
employees, including bookkeepers, payroll, human resources, record keeping,
inventory employees and those responsible for purchasing puppies.
- List of records
regarding animals with parvo, intestinal parasites, diseases or genetic
abnormalities.
- A list of
veterinarians and technicians.
- All vaccination
and medical treatments.
- A list of dogs
euthanized.
- A list of dogs
presently housed at the store and veterinary clinic.
Petland Novi was court ordered to
provide a list of its breeders, brokers and employees for the past five years.
RELATED LINKS
Doug Rose vs Petland Novi complaint (Click here)
CDC investigation (Click here)
Notorious Ohio Puppy Broker Abe Miller
Named as defendant (Click here)
Local 4 - Northville man alleges sick puppy
bought at Novi pet store landed him in hospital (Click here)
Feb 20, 2019 Hearing Media
Advisory (Click here)
