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A Los Angeles landscaper who mentioned he was viciously mauled by French Montana’s Tibetan Mountain Dog 4 years in the past is demanding a $2.3 million default judgment in opposition to the rapper and document producer.
Plaintiff Jason Leyva says the 2019 attack left him with lasting accidents affecting his skilled prospects and skill to look after his young daughter. He says French Montana, whose authorized title is Karim Kharbouch, hasn’t responded to his a number of makes an attempt to serve him with the criticism, so the courtroom ought to intervene and grant the default. On Wednesday, a choose set a March 25 listening to to think about the request.
“I entered the premises, and, without warning or provocation, the dog mauled and bit me, tearing at my shoulder and hip causing severe injuries which required stitches and injured by lumbar spine,” Leyva mentioned in a sworn assertion that was signed and filed with the courtroom on Tuesday. “I am in constant, intractable pain when bending, standing or sitting for long periods of time.”
Leyva’s request for the hefty default judgment comes two years after a Los Angeles jury awarded a distinct man $129,500 for his accidents following a separate attack at Kharbouch’s Hidden Hills home. In that earlier incident, a canine recognized as a “large German Shephard” mauled plaintiff Juan Lomeli as he tried to scrub Kharbouch’s pool in May 2017. Kharbouch tried to battle the case, claiming Lomeli didn’t ship a textual content message earlier than coming into the property and that the canine had by no means bitten anybody or displayed “dangerous” tendencies previous to the alleged attack.
With the brand new case, the landscaper alleges Kharbouch’s Tibetan Mountain Dog had a “vicious nature” that “was known or should have been known” by the artist main as much as the alleged attack on Nov. 3, 2019. Leyva’s request for $2,287,125 in complete damages consists of the $1.5 million he’s looking for for ache and struggling, the $10,000 he already owes in physician payments, and the $350,000 he expects to spend on future medical bills. “Because of this chronic pain in my back and should from which I have been unable to get relief, I am seeking further medical consultations to find out if I may be a candidate for lumbar or shoulder surgery. If I am not, I am afraid that I will suffer from severe, intolerable pain for the rest of my life,” he wrote in his assertion to the courtroom this week.
Attempts to achieve Kharbouch or a consultant weren’t instantly profitable Wednesday. “I don’t know where Mr. Montana is. We’ve been trying to reach him,” Leyva’s lawyer Marc J. Katzman tells Rolling Stone.
