PORT ANGELES — A judge has dismissed three civil lawsuits demanding millions of dollars that were filed by a woman whose cats were confiscated in October.
Clallam County Superior Court Judge Ken Williams on Friday dismissed lawsuits against the Clallam County Humane Society, veterinarian Virginia Johnson of Port Hadlock and veterinarian Paul Weiseth of Port Angeles.
Yu’s lawsuit had asked for $100 million from the humane society, said its director Scott Chandler.
She also asked $1 million from Johnson and $200 million from Weiseth.
Yu faces trial May 19 on three felony counts of first-degree animal cruelty and five misdemeanor counts of second-degree animal cruelty.
The felony charges each carry maximum penalties of five years in prison and/or $10,000 fines.
The misdemeanors carry maximum 90-day jail terms, $1,000 fines, two years of parole and forfeiture of the animals.
She was charged after about 31 cats were confiscated by police and animal control officers from her Port Angeles home on Oct. 12.
The seizure was prompted by reports from Johnson and Weiseth to the humane society about the number of Yu’s cats and the severity of their illnesses.
A motion to dismiss a lawsuit that Yu filed against the city of Port Angeles, which asks for $100 million, has not been scheduled for a court date.
Yu had also filed a lawsuit demanding $10 million from Clallam County.
In a separate lawsuit, she sought $100 million from Peninsula Daily News.
That was dismissed, but she has since filed another lawsuit against the newspaper.
