Legal Question in Consumer Law in Utah

i have a few questions on a situation that id love advice on. i have three dogs that we left in a boarding facility for 3 weeks at xmas. my wife actually works there on Sundays each week. they had told her multiple times over the preceding 12 mths that because she was staff it would only cost $500 to leave them there. then 2 weeks before we are due to leave her boss says actually it'll cost $1400. this after she verbally agreed $500 numerous times. because of the short notice we couldn't find anywhere else t leave them. because of this we had to leave them there. we have paid $800 so far.
when we got home one of our dogs was dehydrated and hadnt eaten. he had lost 30% of his body weight and with him being a thin dog anyways he was on deaths door. we tok him to the pet emergency room and the vet said he had about a 70% chance of dying. he put him in in the ICU for 36 hrs and he survived. the vet said this had obviously been something that took some time to get as bad as it was. the bill for the vet was $1200.
because of what happened my wife left the job. the owner then sent us a bill for the $600 remaining for leaving the dogs there. considering we paid a vets bill of $1200 because she neglected the dog to the point where he almost died i think this is outrageous. i dont want my wife to be sent to collections and have her credit ruined. is it possible for us to take legal action to recoup the vets bill we paid?

Asked on 3/08/10, 9:24 am

Alvin Lundgren Alvin R. Lundgren, L.C.

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Yes, sue in small claims court for the difference between the $500 agreed rate plus the cost for the vet services.

Answered on 3/15/10, 8:10 am

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