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Date: 03-29-2022

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Paula McNeil v. Melissa Kopaska and Briett Houser

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Judge: John Scott

Court: Circuit Court, Benton County, Arkansas

Plaintiff's Attorney: Betsy Finocchi

Defendant's Attorney: Not Available

Description: Bentonville, Arkansas personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendants on an intentional inflection of emotion distress theory.

The Plaintiffs family children found their puppy hanging dead from a deer stand on the property behind their home. They accused Melissa Kopaska and Britt Houser with killing the dog.

“Kopaska and Houser admitted to reporting the McNeils to the police over 60 times in three years, making hanging gestures to the McNeil children after the dog was killed, yelling and cursing at the McNeil family on an almost daily basis, damaging their property and even shooting Dave McNeil, Paula’s husband, with a pellet gun.” according to Finocchi.

Outcome: Plaintiff's verdict for $266,000.

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