A female postal worker has received £70,000 personal injury compensation after having been scarred for life in a vicious dog attack.
The woman was attacked by a German Shepherd dog as she delivered post to a farm in February 2007.
In the attack, the woman feared her face was going to be bitten and in protecting herself the dog bit her hand, almost severing her ring finger. She has been left with permanent damage to the finger and finds it difficult to bend, which has affected her grip.
A CWU (Communication Workers’ Union) spokesperson said, “It’s clear that this dog was a menace and preventative action should have been taken prior to this horrific attack.
“Whilst welcoming this significant victory in relation to personal injury compensation, it does emphasise the importance of the ongoing CWU Biteback campaign which continues to fight for tougher laws to protect postal and other workers and members of the public from dangerous dogs.
Commenting on the out-of-court personal injury compensation settlement the woman’s claim solicitor, said “A tightening of the rules governing animal ownership would be welcomed and highly appropriate given the number of injuries sustained each year,”
After reading some of the other blogs there is no reason why things like this should happen. If you wish to keep a dog then you need to ensure that it is kept under control after all it will not be the dog that gets blamed it will always be the owner. Plus is that something you would want on your conscience.
Congrats on the money, although it wont fix the finger atleast it will bring you some sense of justice
I hope the above dog has been taken away to be retrained or put down. There should be licensing laws for people who own dogs as these kind of attacks seem to becoming more often as people train their dogs for protection
why are these people still allowed to own these dogs,its about time the law takes tougher measures to ensure the safetyof the workers and public…….
I agree with all the comments made here however I own a dog my self and have noticed my dog being taunted by members of the public passing my house. Could this be the reason for these attacks?
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