Posted on 03/21/2014 2:05:46 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
Nash, who required a face transplant following the 2009 rampage, says the state is liable for $150 million because it knew the chimp posed a threat. Connecticut lawmakers are considering a bill that would overturn a state commissioners ruling that denied Nash the right to sue.
A Connecticut woman mauled by a pet chimpanzee in 2009 made a rare public apperance before politicians Friday, pleading for the right to sue the state for $150 million.
Charla Nash, who is blind and underwent a complete face transplant following the gruesome rampage by Travis the chimp, points to a memo by the state's Department of Energy and Environmental Protection that labeled the primate an accident waiting to happen. She has prosthetic eyes,
Last year a state claims commissioner denied Nashs request to sue. Lawmakers are considering a bill that would overturn that decision.
She made a brief statement at the hearing, saying that her lawsuit, if allowed to proceed, would give her the chance to live a more comfortable life.
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Im hoping that the legislation will allow me to have my day in court, that I will be able to have a judge listen to the evidence that is brought before him about the vicious attack on me, and that it shall not happen to any other person again.
The state memo noting Travis "could seriously hurt someone came a year before the beast went berserk and tore Nashs face apart and ripped off both her hands.
She says it is evidence Connecticut authorities should have seized the chimp.
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“Chimpanzees are especially nasty. Id rather take my chances with a gorilla.”
I’d rather fight a grizzly than a chimp. A bear will just kill you. A chimp will bite off your fingers, toes and genitals, poke out your eyes and eat your face off.
Remember that incident from a few years ago where a guy and his wife were visiting their former pet chimp at an animal shelter and two other chimps escaped from a nearby cage and tore the couple apart?
I remember when this happened and how absolutely horrible it was. I think I would rather not be alive if I was blind and had no hands. I remember seeing her when she had just had the face transplant and she was monstrous but it turned out to be OK.
I am glad I am not the judge.
Nash, for whom I have great sympathy, says that the State knew the chimpanzee was dangerous, but nevertheless visited it’s owner on a regular basis. If she was so afraid of what this animal might do, why did she keep going there? Why didn’t she turn her friend in to the authorities?
Stop making sense. : )
Chimps are dangerous? Who Knew?
If she can sue under her argument then anyone hurt by a person who was paroled by the state should be able to sue the state.
Tagline is fitting for post #26.
—SIGH— You’re right. After all, who would think a chimp might be dangerous? sarc/
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