BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. -- Dozens of dog owners are banding together to take action against a South Florida pet dealer.

Unhappy consumers have joined together to file suit against Puppy Palace and its owner, Judy Norford. They claim that the puppies were misrepresented as having come from local breeders rather than puppy mills. The suit also claims that the puppies were sickly, and had not received proper vaccinations by veterinarians. The suit is filed under Florida's "Puppy Lemon Law."

The 30 plaintiffs in two lawsuits, one in Broward County, one in Palm Beach County, say that Norford sold sick puppies at her store at 5909 Hollywood Blvd. and a second store at 3557 Boynton Beach Blvd. in Boynton Beach.

The complaint says Norford sold puppies suffering from problems including: kennel cough, parvovirus, heart defects, hip dysplasia, distemper, pneumonia, coccidia, neurological disorders, missing hip sockets, mange, overbite, auto immune disorders, elbow dysplasisa, enamel hypoplasia, impacted canine tooth, lungworm, medial luxating patellas, pasteurella multocida, bacillus, septcimia, upper respiratory infection, hookworms, seizures, giardia, conjunctivitis and hypoglycemia.

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