Hearing dog Program v. San Francisco
SPCA
Filed 8/10/10 The Hearing dog Program v. San Francisco SPCA
CA1/1
California
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IN
THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FIRST
APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION
ONE
THE HEARING
DOG PROGRAM,
Plaintiff and Appellant,
v.
SAN
FRANCISCO SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO
ANIMALS,
Defendant and Respondent.
A126247
(San Mateo
County
Super. Ct.
No. PRO117561)
Eugene
and Gloria Berry left 20 percent of their estate to a program operated by the
San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) that
selected and trained hearing dogs and placed them with deaf owners. Following the deaths of the Berrys
in 2007, but before distribution of their bequest, the SPCA discontinued the
training and placement of new hearing dogs, and reduced the scope of its
hearing dog program to providing limited services and supplies for its existing
graduate teams. Three former SPCA
employees thereafter formed a new nonprofit charity named â€
| Description | Eugene and Gloria Berry left 20 percent of their estate to a program operated by the San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) that selected and trained hearing dogs and placed them with deaf owners. Following the deaths of the Berrys in 2007, but before distribution of their bequest, the SPCA discontinued the training and placement of new hearing dogs, and reduced the scope of its hearing dog program to providing limited services and supplies for its existing graduate teams. Three former SPCA employees thereafter formed a new nonprofit charity named †|
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