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Neighbor's Barking Dogs Trigger $25K Lawsuit

September 16, 2008 RSS Feed Print

Sick of your lousy neighbor's dogs barking all night? Ever consider suing? That's what two brothers in Ohio reportedly did after their neighbor was allegedly unable to keep his dogs from yapping.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer:

The brothers [Tom and Joe McDaniel] have sued Dan Ullman, claiming the relentless yapping of his dogs has created anxiety and compromised their standard of living. They are seeking more than $25,000 in damages.

Ullman believes the men are all bark and no bite. He filed a counterclaim, saying the men ridiculed and harassed him by making baseless claims and turned neighbors against him.

The McDaniels were prepared to go to trial last week, armed with audio and video tapes and witnesses, including a dog warden. But their attorneys and Summit County Common Pleas Judge Elinore Marsh Stormer agreed to delay the trial until February to see if the problems can be resolved...

Ullman, an Akron police officer, owns at least two dogs, including a pit bull. The back yard of his Tampa Avenue home is fenced. But the McDaniels claim that since August 2005, they have been unable to get Ullman to control his dogs.

Tags:: courts,; anxiety,; pets,; animals

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I consider it animal cruelty to not acknowledge your dogs barking for over 15 minutes or 6 hours. I call it neglect. Obviously the neighbor with the barking dog has no respect for their neighbor or neighborhood nor thier dog. People in the neighborhood don't want to make a complaint because then they are subjected to bullying by their neighbor using their barking dog against the poor person who cannot sleep when the disrespectful neighbor lets their dog bark at 6am or lets it bark for an hour.
If barking dog owners are worried about predators, try turning an audio tape on of people talking because predators don't come around when they hear voices.
Good way for someone growing pot is to have a barking dog.

Anon 2:02PM June 15, 2011

I'm dealing with the same issue right now. The police have come, animal control has come. These people have no regard for their dog let alone their neighbors.
4 degrees outside and the dog is barking. The dog barks constantly and tries to climb in the window of the house the owners live in. It doesn't want to be outside, it wants to be with it's owners.
And yes, I am recording and seriously considering suing also. Maybe then they'll get the message.

wendy of MI 8:50PM December 24, 2010

Am i the only one here not interested in being lectured by a lazy citizen IE teacher.
You have to love these clowns. they never quite made it to adulthood. 3 months off in the summer , they got hooked on the idea.........................Its laziness diguised as professionalism.............then these clown complain about there pay...........lmao..........you chose a field to work in suffer the consequences loser.
Oh by the wat get a real job.......anyone can teach.......lmao

bob 6:19AM November 07, 2009

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