Petland Class Action Says Vendor Sells Sick Puppies, Infects Owners

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A former Petland employee has accused the pet vendor of selling sick puppies, putting other pets and humans at risk of infection.

The Petland class action lawsuit also claims that the company knowingly misrepresents the puppies it sells.

Plaintiffs Dawn Singleton and her daughter Katie say Petland knowingly sells puppies infected by a bacteria called Campylobacter, a bacteria that can commonly causes diarrhea, and in more severe cases, can cause arthritis or can be life-threatening.

Katie claims that she worked as a “puppy counselor” for Petland in December 2017, and as a regular part of her work, cleaned up sick puppies’ vomit and bloody excrement in the store. She says that later, her mother purchased a miniature Schnauzer puppy from Petland.

According to the Petland sick dogs class action lawsuit, mere days after her mother purchased the dog, Katie developed a 104.7 degree fever. She says that she was hospitalized and was diagnosed with a Campylobacter infection.

Allegedly, Petland knowingly sells puppies and kittens sourced from puppy and kitten mills, that they know are prone to illness and defects.

The Petland class action lawsuit says the pet vendor sells sham warranties and services along with the puppies that are “not worth the paper they are printed on.”

The Singletons argue that “at its core, Petland’s misrepresentations allow it to charge premium prices for puppies and kittens that customers believe are ‘certified’ to be healthy and backed up by warranties and services” when in fact, the vendor knows that the animals are not healthy in many cases.

The Petland class action lawsuit claims that more than 100 people were infected with the Campylobacter infection because of the sick puppies linked to Petland.

Supporting their claim, they note that the Center for Disease Control investigated a Campylobacter outbreak in 2018 that made 113 people ill in 17 states.

The agency determined that “contact with puppies sold through Petland stores were a likely source of this outbreak.” Allegedly, the CDC discovered that the outbreak took place between January 2016 and January 2018.

The Petland bacterial outbreak class action lawsuit also claims that Petland’s act of selling infected puppies led customers to not get what they paid for.

The Singletons note that Petland charges around $2,000 to $3,000 per pet.

Allegedly, the customers do not anticipate being “put at tremendous risk” by the pets and this risk is caused by Petland’s misrepresentations of the dogs and cats.

The Singletons are represented by David James Worley and James M. Evangelista of Evangelista Worley LLC and by Irwin Marc Ellerin.

The Petland Sick Puppies Class Action Lawsuit is Singleton, et al. v. Petland Mall of Georgia LLC, et al., Case No. 1:19-cv-01477, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

UPDATE: On June 28, 2019, PAWSitive asked a federal court to dismiss them from the Petland class action lawsuit.

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