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(16,128 posts) Tue Jul 23, 2024, 08:39 AM Jul 23

'She couldn't move anymore': Dog owner distraught after UPS delivery of 55-pound package leads to canine's tragic end

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‘She couldn’t move anymore’: Dog owner distraught after UPS delivery of 55-pound package leads to canine’s tragic end

Law & Crime / by Matt Naham / Jul 22, 2024 at 1:31 PM

A Los Angeles, California, dog owner is reportedly considering litigation against UPS and one of its drivers after her dog was killed last week by a 55-pound package dropped over a gate outside her home, as neighbors looked on.

Surveillance footage aired by local CBS affiliate KCAL showed the moments last Wednesday evening that a UPS truck stopped in North Hills, its driver exiting the vehicle to deliver the package across the street to Naria Harutjunjan’s home, with tragic results for her and Lulu, a dog she reportedly rescued as recently as one year ago.

The package did appear to be heavy based on how slowly the UPS worker was walking across the street, as captured by a neighbor’s surveillance video.

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If Harutjunjan is seriously considering filing a lawsuit, which the latest reporting suggests, that might be because California Civil Code does allow “exemplary damages” when “animals being subjects of property” are wrongfully harmed in the course of “gross negligence,” which is defined as “the lack of any care or an extreme departure from what a reasonably careful person would do in the same situation to prevent harm to oneself or to others.”

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'She couldn't move anymore': Dog owner distraught after UPS delivery of 55-pound package leads to canine's tragic end (Original Post) sl8 Jul 23 OP

The UPS driver probably put the package over the gate because of theft. harumph Jul 23 #1

How for did it... 2naSalit Jul 23 #2

It is perfectly clear that the delivery man threw the package over the gate! Clouds Passing Jul 23 #3

The video shows he hefted it over - harumph Jul 23 #4

Horsecrap LPBBEAR Jul 24 #6

What kind of lunatic ships a dog as freight? BobTheSubgenius Jul 24 #5

Watch the video again. LPBBEAR Jul 24 #7

Oh!!!! BobTheSubgenius Jul 24 #8

harumph

(2,122 posts)

1. The UPS driver probably put the package over the gate because of theft.

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Tue Jul 23, 2024, 09:05 AM

Jul 23

I don't see how this is driver's fault. But it is very sad, yes. It boils down to whether the driver took "reasonable" care.
The video also states a neighbor claimed the driver "tossed" the package over the gate. I watched the video - it didn't look like tossing to me.

2naSalit

(90,507 posts)

2. How for did it...

Reply to harumph (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 23, 2024, 09:28 AM

Jul 23

Drop before hitting the ground? That's irresponsible for something weighing anything more than a pound or two.

Clouds Passing

(804 posts)

3. It is perfectly clear that the delivery man threw the package over the gate!

Reply to harumph (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 23, 2024, 10:28 AM

Jul 23

What an ass why didn’t he go to the front door?

harumph

(2,122 posts)

4. The video shows he hefted it over -

Reply to Clouds Passing (Reply #3)

Tue Jul 23, 2024, 11:02 AM

Jul 23

I don't see where he "threw" it over. Theft is a huge problem anymore and you can't leave this stuff on the front porch in some
areas. I think the driver was trying to prevent theft. They're on such a tight schedule and they don'thave time to ring and wait.

LPBBEAR

(315 posts)

6. Horsecrap

Reply to harumph (Reply #4)

Wed Jul 24, 2024, 01:33 PM

Jul 24

He is supposed to "deliver" the package. He was taking a shortcut to save himself time and effort. Tossing the package over a fence could have resulted in damage to the contents or damage to the owners property. (sprinkler heads, vegetation etc.) In this case it killed a pet. The guy should be fired and UPS should be sued. I had a postal worker do the same thing. Tossed a package over our fence into a wet area on the lawn. The package was soaked after sitting there for a while. I called the postmaster for my area and complained. I doubt my call was the one that did it but that guy was gone a few weeks later. Theft prevention has nothing to do with it.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,710 posts)

5. What kind of lunatic ships a dog as freight?

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Wed Jul 24, 2024, 01:02 PM

Jul 24

I realize these are two different situations, but are very congruent. My wife and I quit taking our late Cairn when we flew. The last time he was shipped, it took him half an hour to quit shaking after we picked him up. Because of completely erroneous info on his pickup, after a 20 minute wait at the carousel, we found out that he was not going to be taken off with baggage. By the time we found out, we had to race to a car rental to get a car to make the trek to the freight terminal. If we had been 15 minutes later, he would have spent the night alone in a crate, unwalked and unfed.

After that, any time we were considering travel, we all either went in the car, paid a sitter a smell fortune, or one of us stayed home. If you love your pets, find an alternative way of getting them there, or stay home.

LPBBEAR

(315 posts)

7. Watch the video again.

Reply to BobTheSubgenius (Reply #5)

Wed Jul 24, 2024, 01:36 PM

Jul 24

The dog wasn't IN the package. The idiot lazy delivery guy dropped the 55 pound package ON the dog killing it.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,710 posts)

8. Oh!!!!

Reply to LPBBEAR (Reply #7)

Wed Jul 24, 2024, 04:26 PM

Jul 24

My bad. I had not watched it at all, preferring to NOT see a poor wee dog being so badly hurt.

Now, I cannot be sure which is worse - this, or the misapprehension under which I was operating. Definitely a far worse action by the courier. How could any sentient human do that?

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