The mom of a 2-year-old woman who was bitten by a coyote in Huntington Seashore in April introduced plans Thursday to sue town.
A declare filed by Bree Anne Lee Thacker alleges negligence by town led to the accidents her youngster suffered April 28.
She and her daughters — ages 2 and three — had traveled to Huntington Seashore from their house in Chino Hills and had been strolling on the seaside close to the pier about 9:45 p.m. The youthful woman was a couple of steps away from her mom when a coyote knocked her down and bit her face.
“Frankly, she is fortunate to be alive in any respect,” Thacker’s lawyer, Sam Soleimany, mentioned throughout a information convention in Pasadena. “Had this chunk been only a few inches [lower], we’d be speaking a few utterly totally different sort of case.”
A photograph reveals the extent of injury to the face of a 2-year-old woman who was attacked April 28 by a coyote in Huntington Seashore.
(Sara Cardine / Instances Neighborhood Information)
Since then, scars have fashioned on the kid’s face. She now panics on the sight of most canines, together with a household pet she had as soon as been very connected to, Soleimany mentioned.
On the time of the assault, metropolis officers had accredited a coyote administration plan outlining a plan of action to discourage interactions between the wild animals and people. The model viewable on the metropolis’s web site contains directions to create volunteer hazings groups to scare away coyotes which will have been frequenting human-inhabited areas.
“Why had been no hazing groups, apparently, within the metropolis deterring coyotes to stop such a harm to a bit woman?” Soleimany requested Thursday.
Metropolis officers mentioned the advice to kind hazing groups was the results of feedback made by residents throughout a city corridor assembly after the woman was bitten.
“The town’s coyote administration plan is meant to be a residing doc that’s often up to date to mirror the most recent finest administration practices referring to coyotes,” Huntington Seashore spokeswoman Jennifer Carey mentioned.
Huntington Seashore officers haven’t but responded to the declare, which was filed Aug. 31 by Thacker. In the event that they reject it, she plans to file a go well with searching for damages from town, Soleimany mentioned.
