Petco Animal Supplies is not liable for the death of a 10-year-old Santee boy who contracted “rat-bite fever” from a pet rat his grandmother bought for him in 2013, a jury decided Thursday. Following ...

Thursday, Petco was found not negligent for the death of a 10-year-old boy who contracted an infectious disease from a rat purchased at one of their stores. The company's attorney argued that Petco is ...

SAN DIEGO – Petco Animal Supplies should compensate the father of a 10-year-old Santee boy who died after contracting an infectious disease from a pet rat that his grandmother bought him, the family’s ...

SAN DIEGO (CN) – A San Diego jury heard closing arguments Tuesday on whether Petco sold a “defective product:” a pet rat killed its 10-year-old owner with rat bite fever. Aidan Pankey died in severe ...

Attorney John Gomez told The Associated Press on Tuesday that his firm filed the lawsuit Monday in San Diego County seeking an unspecified amount for the suffering endured by the Pankey family, whose ...

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Petco Animal Supplies should compensate the father of a 10-year-old Santee boy who died after contracting an infectious disease from a pet rat that his grandmother bought him, the ...

One of the jurors told reporters that they felt the pet store took multiple steps to warn customers of the possible dangers of owning a rat Stephanie Petit is a Royals Editor, Writer and Reporter at ...

Attorneys for the family of a ten-year-old boy who died after getting bitten by a rat his grandmother bought at Petco have accused company executives of hiding documents in order to defeat a 2014 ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A San Diego family is suing Petco after the death of their 10-year-old son from a bacterial infection they say he contracted from his pet rat. Attorney John Gomez told The Associated ...

Reporting from San Diego — A jury has found that Petco was not negligent when it sold a pet rat to a 10-year-old boy who became sick and died after handling the animal. Aidan Pankey died of an ailment ...