At the time of the attack, the dog was off-leash and his training collar was non-functional.(Credit: Nigmatulina Aleksandra/Shutterstock)
An elderly woman who was bitten by her neighbor’s dog has been awarded $4.2 million by a Georgia jury for her injuries.
According to case documents, in 2020 at the age of 82, Earnestine Shaw was walking with a friend near her residence when her neighbor's dog entered her property. Shaw’s neighbor Aaron Smith’s 130-pound presa canario mastiff, Drago, was reportedly left unsecured on Smith’s property when the dog noticed Shaw and made his way to her. Drago knocked Shaw to the ground, then bit her on the hand and thigh.
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