You are dead-on accurate. Heaven knows what she is paying an attorney for this. Instead of suing the gas station where she tripped and injured herself from things that were possibly left in the walkway at night (she swears she tripped on something), she's suing her kid instead. If I was...
We have had "nice" discussions that have gone nowhere which is disheartening. All she says is, over and over, "I just want my dog back, tell me where it is at and I'll drop this".
My wife's brother found an attorney that looked up the case and found out his mother wants 5k for damages and about 150 for dog supplies. Now if he provides the name of the place he sent the dog to, she will drop the whole thing. That leads us to think that this dog adopter person could sue us...
This whole situation has been stressful for my wife and her brother.
My mother-in-law lives alone, is widowed, and has a dog that she purchased approximately 4 years ago. She has not been the very friendly as of the last 18-24 months. Phone calls are generally met with rudeness and she doesn't...