Petco Found Not At risk in Death of Kid Who Contracted Rodent Chomp Fever From Pet Sold at San Diego Store
The Pankey family gave this photograph of Aidan too through a lawyer.
Aidan Pankey reached rodent nibble fever around two weeks after the rodent was acquired; he kicked the bucket in June 2013, the family said in a claim documented against the pet-store chain in February 2014.
The San Diego Province jury found that Petco was not careless when it sold the pet rodent, the San Diego Union-Tribune announced.
Almost four years back, Pankey went to Petco's Carmel Mountain Farm area with his grandma and chose the male rodent, which he named "Alex," the Union-Tribune detailed.
The tyke was surged from the family's Santee home to a kids' clinic on June 11, 2013. The district medicinal inspector affirmed Pankey's reason for death was streptobacillus moniliformis, otherwise called rodent chomp fever.
After his passing, Pankey's family sued Petco for $20 million, claiming the organization neglected to guarantee it was pitching solid rats or neglected to keep them from getting to be plainly contaminated.