(CBS NEWS) SAN DIEGO -- A San Diego jury has sided with Petco Animal Supplies in a lawsuit brought by the family of a 10-year-old boy who died after contracting an illness from a rat purchased from ...

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 (KGTV) - Closing arguments are set to begin Tuesday in the trial of a lawsuit filed over the death of a 10-year-old boy, who contracted a disease from a pet rat purchased from a Petco store.

A civil trial against Petco is underway in San Diego, where a 10-year-old boy died in 2013 after playing with a rat that his grandmother bought him at the pet store chain. Aiden Pankey died hours ...

PHOENIX - A man says he was hospitalized with rat-bite fever he got from a rat he bought from PetCo. George Heitzman claims he became "violently ill" from the "rare disease that can be fatal to humans ...

SAN DIEGO (KRON) — On Thursday a jury in San Diego decided Petco is not liable for the death of a boy who died from a rat bite. The pet rat was purchased at a Petco store in San Diego back in 2013. 10 ...

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 Press on Tuesday ...

Aidan Pankey died June 12, 2013, hours after he was rushed to the hospital with severe stomach pains. Medical examiners say he died from a streptobacillus moniliformis infection, commonly known as rat ...

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 ...