A lawsuit alleged that L.A. city shelter staff failed to provide the woman's son with written notice of the dog's bite history before he adopted the dog.
A Van Nuys woman whose arm was amputated after she was attacked by a dog adopted from a city animal shelter will receive up to $7.5 million in a settlement approved by the Los Angeles City Council Friday. Argelia Alvarado, 74, was severely injured by a pit bull named O'Gee in her backyard in September 2020. Alvarado's son, Brent, had adopted O'Gee from the city's East Valley Animal Shelter.
The attack on Alvarado 'lasted at least 20 minutes and was a savage mauling in which both of Plaintiff Argelia's arms were brutally shredded, with her right arm broken into pieces and almost entirely severed above her elbow,' according to the lawsuit, filed in July 2021. While Argelia's right arm could not be saved, her left arm was also badly injured, 'resulting in permanent disability of the left arm and the whole body,” according the lawsuit.
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