A jury determined that the city of Los Angeles was 62.5% liable in the incident
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- Genice Horta, 51, was awarded $5.4 million by a Los Angeles County Superior Court jury following a 10-day trial
- In her lawsuit, she claimed that she was hired to transport a dog from the East Valley Animal Shelter in L.A. to Arizona and had not been warned the dog previously injured others
- After attempting to give the dog a treat containing trazodone, the dog attacked her, severely injuring her right arm
A woman who was injured after getting mauled by a dog at an animal shelter in Los Angeles has been awarded millions of dollars in damages.
Genice Horta, 51, was awarded $5.4 million by a Los Angeles County Superior Court jury following a 10-day trial, over three years after she filed a lawsuit claiming that she was attacked by an animal shelter dog who had a history of injuring others, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Horta alleged in her lawsuit, per the L.A. Times, that she should have been warned about the dog — a Belgian Malinois named Maximus — by East Valley Animal Shelter or the rescue group she worked for…