OnTheWarpath15
06-11-2008, 05:06 PM
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/missouristatenews/story/CF762DB9A37F48DB862574650043B0B8?OpenDocument
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- A Kansas City-area man who was almost killed in an attack by two marauding pit bulls has been awarded more than $7 million.
Jackson County Circuit Judge Vernon Scoville ruled Tuesday that the dogs' owner and several other defendants should have known that the dogs were vicious and prone to attack.
Alan L. Hill suffered severe injuries and nearly died after he was attacked on May 4, 2006, while mowing a vacant lot he owned in Independence. He spent more than a month on a feeding tube.
Scoville ruled that the attack left Hill with permanent disfiguring and disabling injuries.
The Lawsuit named the couple who owned the property the pit bulls escaped from, the owner of the dogs and a handyman previously convicted of criminal charges in the case.
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- A Kansas City-area man who was almost killed in an attack by two marauding pit bulls has been awarded more than $7 million.
Jackson County Circuit Judge Vernon Scoville ruled Tuesday that the dogs' owner and several other defendants should have known that the dogs were vicious and prone to attack.
Alan L. Hill suffered severe injuries and nearly died after he was attacked on May 4, 2006, while mowing a vacant lot he owned in Independence. He spent more than a month on a feeding tube.
Scoville ruled that the attack left Hill with permanent disfiguring and disabling injuries.
The Lawsuit named the couple who owned the property the pit bulls escaped from, the owner of the dogs and a handyman previously convicted of criminal charges in the case.