Colorado Pet Mediation/Arbitration

Gabriela Sandoval is a Standard Member of the Mediation Association of Colorado (theMac). She is currently accepting new mediation clients and her practice focuses on animal and pet related disputes including pet custody, Landlord/tenant/HOA, dog bites, “viscious” animal allegations, injury or death of animals, alleged veterinary malpractice or negligence, consumer affairs and deceptive trade practice […]

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Death or Injury to Companion Animal

If someone has injured or killed your animal companion, you may be entitled to damages—regardless of whether the animal was injured or killed purposefully or accidentally—so long as the conduct was at least negligent. When an animal is injured or killed, you are generally entitled to compensation for the “market value” of the animal, veterinary […]

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Veterinary Malpractice

According to a USA Today article, courts are bucking centuries of legal decisions that have defined pets as property.  As is the case described in the article, courts have begun to take veterinary malpractice seriously. Veterinarians are heroes.  They save the lives of animals, they make their livelihood striving to help injured or sick animals regain […]

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