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$4.25 million award for pit bull attack––and the victim may see some of the money

June 14, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Landlord’s failure to respond or defend puzzles observers             ATLANTA,  Georgia––A $4.25 million default judgment issued on June 1,  2018 against Atlanta landlord Jonathan Kent Hart,  61,  for an August 26,  2016 pit bull attack may be the biggest yet in which the victim is believed to be likely to collect at least a substantial […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, USA Tagged With: Erin Ingram, Greg Land, Jonathan Kent Hart, Joshua Davis, Merritt Clifton, Nakisa Hiles

$37 million verdict ups the ante for pit bull attacks

January 15, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Police sergeant beat the dogs off the victim with his baton, then fatally shot one of them when he was attacked himself. DECATUR, Georgia––Five years of legal and political history resulting from a March 9, 2010 pit bull attack on then-eight-year-old Erin Ingram gained another chapter on January 12, 2015 when DeKalb County senior judge […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, USA Tagged With: Alan Hill, Erin Ingram, Marcia Mayeda, Merritt Clifton, Pamela Devitt, Thomas Newell

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