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The South Carolina Appellate Law Blog is reporting that an Oregon lawyer is seeking to establish a common law tort claim that would allow pet owners to recover for loss of companionship when their pets were killed. The current case involves an animal that had to be put to sleep after a neighbor allegedly intentionally ran it over, but the attorney has made it clear that the issue is larger than this case, and that if he doesn't prevail in establishing the claim here, he will raise it again.