![]() ![]() Not Even Live - Half-Live' The Huffington Post UK. Nash would also have to overcome a ban on laws that benefit one person and, experts have said, a reluctance to authorize a potentially costly lawsuit in a state with financial woes. Charla Nash, Woman Attacked By Chimpanzee, Reveals Her Isolation And Daily Struggle To Live 'It's Very Hard To Live. ![]() While Nash has lawmakers’ sympathies, they deny most appeals of decisions by the state’s claims commissioner. Nash’s attorneys say in their appeal that the ruling misinterpreted the law. He added, “If there was a failure by the DEP to seize the animal … the duty owed was to the general public and does not create a statutory obligation to ensure the safety of a private individual.” concluded in his decision that no law at the time of the attack prevented Herold from owning the chimpanzee. State lawmakers did approve a ban on chimpanzees and other animals deemed dangerous a few months after Nash was mauled.Ĭlaims Commissioner J. State Attorney General George Jepsen has said state law on the issue was ambiguous and difficult to enforce, and there was no guarantee a court hearing would have led to a seizure order. Months before the attack, a state biologist warned state officials in a memo that the chimpanzee could seriously hurt someone if it felt threatened, saying “it is an accident waiting to happen.” The biologist warned that the chimpanzee had reached maturity and “is very large and tremendously strong.” July 9, 2014, 6:58 PM PDT By Linda Carroll Charla Nash, the Connecticut woman who received a face transplant in 2011 after a horrific attack by a friend’s pet chimpanzee, has traveled to. Nash now lives in a nursing home outside Boston. But the chimp went berserk and ripped off Nash’s nose, lips, eyelids and hands before being shot to death by a police officer. 16, 2009, to help lure her friend’s 200-pound chimpanzee, Travis, back inside. ![]() Nash, now 59, had gone to Herold’s home on Feb. Nash reached a $4 million settlement last year with the estate of the chimp’s owner, Sandra Herold, who died in 2010. Nash was blinded, lost both hands and underwent a face transplant after being mauled in Stamford. “The Nash decision allows the DEEP to avoid the consequences of its negligence.” “The DEEP, however, did nothing it took absolutely no action, completely ignoring the danger that the primate posed to the citizens of the state of Connecticut,” Nash’s attorneys wrote. Because the chimp was owned illegally, they added, the state was obligated to seize it. By Richard Weizel HARTFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - A woman whose face and hands were ripped off by a friends pet chimpanzee in 2009 came to the Connecticut State Capitol on Friday to ask permission to sue the state for 150 million in damages. The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection “had the unequivocal authority to seize an animal whose existence threatened public health and safety,” Nash’s attorneys wrote. On March 3, 2005, while at the sanctuary on one of their frequent visits with Moe, St. Police shot and killed the animal when they arrived on the scene.In an appeal of that decision to the legislature Wednesday, Nash’s attorneys say the law in place at the time of the attack actually prohibited the ownership of primates weighing more than 50 pounds without a permit. The Davises waged a long, unsuccessful legal battle to recover Moe. The 12-minute attack took place after Ms Herold invited Ms Nash, a friend, to her house to help her entice the chimpanzee, known as Travis, back into the house. "Nevertheless, it is my belief that probable cause exists that judgment will enter in favour of the plaintiff in the amount of at least $50m."Ī judge at the Superior Court in Stamford, Connecticut, where the suit was filed, has granted a temporary order that stops Ms Herold selling or mortgaging her assets. "No amount of money can compensate my sister for the injuries she has suffered," said Ms Nash's brother Michael, in an affidavit. An out-of-control, 200-pound pet chimpanzee that had recently been given Xanax apparently went berserk and mauled a woman in Connecticut, leaving her in critical condition. "Going forward, there's going to be astronomical expenses associated with the procedures she's going to require," said her lawyer, William Monaco. Ms Nash, 55, lost her hands, nose, lips and eyelids in the attack, which may have left her blind and brain damaged. The lawsuit also claims that Ms Herold gave the animal medication that exacerbated its violent behaviour. Lawyers for Charla Nash, who is still in a critical condition after the attack, accused owner Sandra Herold of negligence and recklessness. The family of a US woman attacked by a chimpanzee has filed a $50m lawsuit against the animal's owner. Police shot and killed the animal after the attack ![]()
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