“If our state facility who houses our animals and provides supposedly the best veterinary medical care will stand up in a court of law and say that they don’t have to be essentially responsible for their patients because their patients are property, I don’t know what to say,” Kutyba said. Kutyba filed another fiduciary duty civil suit against Watts in 2020, but ultimately stopped pursuing it. That really was a huge validating moment for me.”
“The judge at the time in the courthouse actually addressed Texas A&M and me in outrage regarding the insinuations that the veterinarians at the state hospital should not be held accountable for their actions or their patients. I did it anyway, and I did it because I thought it was the right thing to do,” Kutyba said. The court then dismissed the lawsuit because the judge ruled the damage suffered did not fall under the jurisdiction of state law. Ultimately, Watts was dropped from the lawsuit because the law states the employer is liable for the actions of the doctor, and that only one party can held responsible. As somebody who was trusted, I felt like that the trust had been breached so badly that it could not and should not be ignored.” “We felt that in the interest of public protection that this could be repeated and that I had an obligation to speak.
We felt that accountability was really essential,” Kutyba. Kutyba also says there were multiple times Watts would not release Dazzle from the hospital upon her request. She says one of the biggest problems she has was the lack of information she received from Watts while Dazzle was in her care. Kutyba sued Watts and the Texas A&M veterinary hospital for negligence and malpractice in September. “Dazzle didn’t have hind limb issue when I took her there.”ĭazzle was ultimately euthanized in February of 2017 at only 20 months old. She was having difficulty with mobility around the stall, and non-weightbearing on her hind limb,” Kutyba said. Instead of improving, Kutyba says Dazzle’s condition worsened while in Watts’ care. Dazzle was first treated by Watts in August of 2015.
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