ALEXANDRIA — An reply was filed final month within the civil case that seeks upwards of $50,000 after an alleged cat attack.
In the doc, which was filed in Douglas County District Court on Dec. 22, the person who’s being sued denied legal responsibility for the accidents allegedly brought on by the cat.
According to the preliminary grievance, the girl who was allegedly attacked lived on property the person owned. The man additionally owned a pet cat, which the grievance learn “had a vicious propensity.”
The grievance reads that the cat attacked and injured the girl with out provocation on March 19, 2022, and that the girl continues “to undergo from ongoing ache, discomfort and incapacity.”
The grievance additional reads that the cat’s proprietor was negligent in that he allowed the cat to roam free and didn’t warn the plaintiff of the “hazard.”
The grievance continues, “Defendant was in any other case negligent in a way presently unknown to plaintiff.”
In his response, the person “alleges that any accidents or damages sustained by plaintiff had been on account of, brought on by and solely the results of … plaintiff’s personal carelessness, negligence or illegal conduct.”
The reply goes on to learn that “on the time of the incident alleged in plaintiff’s grievance, plaintiff was in an space the place plaintiff was not allowed to be.”
The reply additionally reads that the preliminary grievance “fails to state a declare upon which aid will be granted.”
The preliminary grievance reads that the girl sustained “extreme and everlasting accidents in thoughts and physique, incurring medical bills, all of that are issues persevering with in nature, leading to injury to plaintiff in an quantity but to be decided.”
The grievance calls for judgment towards the defendant “for an inexpensive sum in extra of $50,000,” along with the plaintiff’s prices and disbursements, legal professional’s charges and pre-judgment curiosity that has incurred.
Near the conclusion of the reply, it reads, “Defendant prays that plaintiff (takes) nothing by her pretended declare for aid herein however that defendant be given judgment for prices and disbursements.”
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