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Article: Pet owners, makers of tainted food reach settlement
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- May 23, 2008
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MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. - Companies that were sued over contaminated
pet food linked to the deaths of perhaps thousands of dogs and cats
have agreed to pay $24 million to pet owners in the United States
and Canada.
The settlement is detailed in papers filed late Thursday in U.S.
District Court in Camden. It still needs a judge's approval.
"The settlement attempts to reimburse pet owners for all of their
economic damages," said Russell Paul, a lawyer for plaintiffs in the
lawsuit.
The deal would affect people who incurred expenses directly
related to the illness or death of a pet linked to the food, which
was at the center of the biggest-ever U.S. pet food recall in 2007.
Nearly 300 people sued ...