Legal News: The Dog Shit/Piss Case, or ShitPissGate, was recently heard in The Ontario Superior Court. In the ruling, Justice E.M. Morgan said: Ms. Taerk [the Defendant] is seen performing a “poop and scoop” after a dog did its business on her front lawn. The Plaintiffs’ security camera shows her crossing the street with the plastic bag-full in hand, and then walking toward the Plaintiffs’ driveway where the garbage cans were out for collection... ...much to the consternation of the Plaintiffs, she deposited the goods in the Plaintiffs’ garbage can... ...The “dog feces incident”, as counsel for the Plaintiffs calls it, is a high point of this claim. At the hearing, it was followed by counsel’s description of a cease and desist letter sent to the Defendants in 2008 by a lawyer then representing the Plaintiffs, which describes what is now referred to by counsel as the “dog urination issue”... ...In my view, the parties do not need a judge; what they need is a rather stern kindergarten teacher... [Morland-Jones v. Taerk, 2014 ONSC 3061 (CanLII). 2014-05-20; canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2014/2014onsc3061/2014onsc3061.html]
Posted on: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 10:22:19 +0000