€38k award for dog attack

A 32-year-old homemaker who was injured by a “vicious” dog three years ago, has settled a €38,000 damages claim in the Circuit Civil Court on undisclosed terms.

Lorraine Thompson yesterday told the court she had been visiting a friend, Lindsay, at Hampton Wood Rd, Hampton Wood, Finglas, Dublin, in June 2011, when the accident happened.

Ms Thompson said she had been walking to her car with her friend when the dog, a Great Dane, jumped in front of them and attacked her. She claimed the dog grabbed her right arm between its jaws and bit down on it.