#msg-1004184
The family of the now-deceased criminal, Michael Brown, wasn't AWARDED anything ... the city decided to throw $1.5 million at them just to get them to go away. I would have told them that families don't get paid squat for the criminal actions of their wayward children.
So, to answer your exceedingly ignorant question ... yes, the dog was worth far more in this comparison ... and a jury confirmed that fact in the case of the Chesapeake Bay Retriever named Vern.

The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence