U.S. Military Hopes To Learn From Connecticut Chimpanzee Attack Victim
Connecticut chimpanzee mauling victim Charla Nash never served in the military, but the Pentagon is watching her recovery closely.
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Connecticut chimpanzee mauling victim Charla Nash never served in the military, but the Pentagon is watching her recovery closely.
The Connecticut House of Representatives on Monday sided with a legislative committee that recommended a woman blinded and disfigured in a 2009 chimpanzee attack should not be allowed to sue the state for financial damages.
The Judiciary Committee voted 35-3 on Wednesday to uphold last year's decision by State Claims Commissioner J. Paul Vance Jr., who denied Nash's request to sue the state for $150 million.
Some Connecticut lawmakers have expressed doubts about giving a woman mauled by a chimpanzee in 2009 the right to sue the state for $150 million.
A woman disfigured in a 2009 chimpanzee attack appealed Friday for permission to pursue a $150 million lawsuit against the state, appearing before lawmakers to argue that officials knew the animal was a threat and failed to take action.
Nash contends the state had the authority and obligation to seize the dangerous animal. But a state commissioner last year dismissed Nash's request for permission to sue the state government for $150 million.
Charla Nash is appealing the ruling by the state's Claims Commissioner who refused to waive the state's immunity in the case. The state Assembly Judiciary Committee will hear the issue to decide whether to pass a bill that would reverse the state's decision to maintain immunity.
In February 2009, Sandra Herold's 200-pound pet chimp Travis attacked Nash as she was trying to lure it back into Herold's house. It ripped off her nose, lips, eyelids and hands. The attack left her blinded.
Lawyers for the Stamford woman who was badly mauled by her friend's pet chimpanzee in 2009 have agreed to a settlement in a lawsuit against the chimp owner's estate.
The state Claims Commissioner is being urged by the Office of the Attorney General to dismiss a claim against the state filed by Charla Nash, the Stamford woman severely disfigured by a chimpanzee in 2009.
Attorney Charles Willinger, who represents Charla Nash, spoke exclusively with WCBS 880's Fran Schneidau and said that the state DEEP ignored its own rules, which lead to the near fatal mauling.
In February 2009, Charla Nash was attacked by Sandra Herold's 200-pound pet chimp Travis as she was trying to lure it back into Herold's house. It tore ripped off her nose, lips, eyelids and hands. The attack left her blinded.
Charla Nash, the Stamford woman who was attacked and disfigured two years ago in a chimpanzee attack, went public for the first time since her face transplant surgery.
Charla Nash, the Stamford woman whose face was destroyed when her friend's pet chimp went berserk two years ago, has received a face transplant that looks fantastic, according to her brother.
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Fire officials are adding more names to the wall to honor those who have died from 9/11-realted illnesses. CBS News New York's Aziza Shuler reports.
Fire officials are adding more names to the wall to honor those who have died from 9/11-realted illnesses. CBS News New York's Aziza Shuler reports.
