Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Keith Doucette
Publication Date: October 10, 2024 - 14:14
Judge awards Halifax nurse nearly $61,000 after she was attacked by dog in N.S. home
October 10, 2024
A Halifax-area couple has been ordered to pay nearly $61,000 in damages and $4,000 in court costs after their dog attacked and injured a homecare nurse at their residence in 2016.In a written decision dated Sept. 19, Nova Scotia Supreme Court Justice Christa Brothers ruled that Harvey Hayden and Susan Forrest were negligent in failing to control their dog when they knew the nurse would be in their Spryfield, N.S., home.Lynn Patterson was attacked by the couple’s valley bulldog during a visit to their home in May 2016 while she was working as a licensed practical nurse for the Victorian Order of Nurses. Patterson sustained a “significant” bite to her right arm and a bite to her back, the judge said.
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