vet in the wrong or not

hi iam looking for some advice about some trouble ive had with my vet
my staffie bitch has just had pups but when i tried to ring him in the night i couldnt get hold of him i tried for nearly 3 hours then i rang another vet but as i did she had her first pup so he said see how it goes she was still haveing trouble but at 5 in the morning she had the next one it was born dead all the time id been trying to get my vet so we rang another vet with we took her to see he gave her an injection and another one to bring home with help her along she had 3 more still trying to get my vet.
anyway he finally rang me at 7 in the morning saying he was so sorry he had forgotton to take his phone up to bed with him had i got another vet witch i had he said come down at 8
witch we did she went on to have 4 more dead puppies at the vets thoughout the day she was in a right state bess her
2 days later she had to have her uterus removed because she was bleeding so much and she also needed 40 stitches in her cervics
as you can imagine shes not been herself but she is just starting to get back to normal thank god
does anyone think i could do anything about this
thanks sam

[I AM ALWAYS LIABLE]

My response:

I had the same, exact problem with my vet and "staffie bitch" 23 years ago . . . then, I married her !

Anyway, unless you had a contract with the vet, then there's no liability that I can see. The problem here, as I see it, is that you are attempting to place moral, legal and ethical responsibilities on this vet, that you would if he was dealing with humans. The problem with that, in the absence of a contract, is that dogs are "personal property" - - treated much the same, under the law, as your television or your car. Dogs are not humans.

Therefore, while I'm sure the vet feels bad for your losses, there is nothing compelling him to treat your dogs as the law would require him to do if there was a human being involved.

Your vet is not responsible for "nature" and other Acts of God.

Good luck to you.

IAAL

Originally posted by I AM ALWAYS LIABLE
My response:

I had the same, exact problem with my vet and "staffie bitch" 23 years ago . . . then, I married her !

My response:

Which one did you marry the staffie bitch or the vet? Your response "I married her" was unclear as to which you were referring to.

Thanks for the clairification.

Laughing...


[email]JASON@LEGISLATOR.COM[/email]

[I AM ALWAYS LIABLE]

Originally posted by JasonRT


My response:

Which one did you marry the staffie bitch or the vet? Your response "I married her" was unclear as to which you were referring to.

Thanks for the clairification.

Laughing...


[email]JASON@LEGISLATOR.COM[/email]

My response:

I wrote it purposefully that way !

I was hoping someone would pick up on my word-play and vagueness.

(for your information, it was, in fact, the staffie bitch)

IAAL