The Mercury News 11/8/2013
Attorney Thomas Newell, 57, of Worcester, says that on April 13, 2011, a 6-year-old girl went to her friend’s house in Fairfield, and as she was opening the door, the dog jumped out and bit off a portion of her nose. Surgeons were able to re-attach the nose, although the girl went through 23, two-hour sessions in a hyperbaric chamber, which is supposed to help grow the skin tissue back.
After the surgery, Newell filed a lawsuit in Adams County for punitive damages, which insurance companies do not pay. However, after the insurance company received Newell’s 13-page suit, he said, the insurance company decided to pay in the sum of $300,000.
