Charla Nash

Three years ago Charla Nash had her face ripped away when a violent chimpanzee went on a rampage. Today the victim, who recently underwent a face transplant, revealed through her attorney Charles Willinger that she intends on suing the state [...]  

Charla Nash wants to sue the state of Connecticut for $150 million. Ms. Nash is the victim of a horrific attack by a 200-pound chimp who mauled her to the point of ripping her face off, nearly killing the woman three years ago. The animal ripped off Nash's hands, nose, lips and eyelids and she needed extensive surgeries to help repair the damage...  

Three years ago Charla Nash had her face ripped away when a violent chimpanzee went on a rampage. Today the victim, who recently underwent a face transplant, revealed through her attorney Charles Willinger that she intends on suing the state [...]  

Charla Nash is suing the State of Connecticut for failing to protect her from a dangerous animal. The Attorney General, George Jepsen, claims it is not clear that the state has been negligent. Charla Nash believes that the state did not protect ...  

The family of Charla Nash, a victim of a chimp attack, is set to sue the state of Connecticut for $150 million after it left her without a face and arms in 2009. The chimp was privately owned and the attack occurred when she was asked to help put the ...  

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.  

Nash's family is suing the state for a total of $150 million ... depending on how the facts are developed in the claims process," state Sen. Andrew McDonald, D-Stamford said. Like us on Facebook In a 2003 incident, Travis had escaped and ran ...  

Nash had been visiting her friend and co-worker Sandra Herold ... of the DEP's failure to seize and dispose of the chimpanzee," However, Attorney General George Jepsen, who would like the suit dropped contends that "In the period 2004 through the time ...  

A Bridgeport attorney for Charla Nash says the attack could have been avoided had Connecticut been tougher in enforcing its regulations. [WCBS] Tweet Tags: animals, Connecticut, sovereign immunity Related posts Zoo fall blamed on splashy dolphins (9) Your laptop? Hand it over (1) Wrong hair color ruined her social life (9) Wrestlers Slam WWE and Claim: We’re Not Independent Contractors (4) Woman fined [...]  

Do you remember Charla Nash, the woman who had her face and arms and more mangled by a pet chimp in 2009?  Of course you do. Well, Nash has now tried to sue the state of Connecticut where the attack occurred but the state's attorney general is saying it is not the state's (or taxpayer's) problem.  The owner of the chimp is who should be held responsible since it was a privately owned animal. Of course Nash thinks the state should be held...  

Connecticut’s attorney general says Charla Nash, who was mauled by a chimpanzee in 2009, should not be allowed to sue the state, and taxpayers should not be held liable for injuries inflicted by a privately owned animal.  

While recognizing Charla Nash suffered "profound" injuries from an attack by a friend's pet chimpanzee, the Attorney General's office argues the state owes her nothing, in part because statutes were unclear about whether the animal should have been allowed ...  

Charla Nash wants to sue the state over allegations it failed in its duty to restrict the ownership of dangerous animals as pets and protect residents from harm. Her case is pending with the claims commissioner. The attorney general's office argued in ...  

STAMFORD -- A Stamford woman who was mauled and servely injured by a chimpanzee has the right to sue the state and will hopefully get the opportunity to have her case heard in court, said Charles Willinger, personal injury attorney at Willinger, Willinger and Bucci. Willinger's comments this week were in response to recent statements by the state's attorney general, George Jepson, who said the mauling victim, Charla Nash, should not be...  

(Person X) is still recovering from a face transplant and wants to sue the state of Connecticut over the chimpanzee attack that nearly killed her three years ago.  On February 16, 2009, a 200-pound chimpanzee named Travis was freely roaming the grounds of the Stamford home of his owner and Person X’s friend when Person X visited. The (large) chimpanzee attacked Person X causing her to lose (most of her face and almost die).  The attorney who...