"I feel the DEP failed to do their job, and as my lawyers have stated, I hope and pray that the commissioner will give me my day in court," Nash told reporters after the August hearing.
Paul Vance Jr., has yet to make a decision on the motion. A hearing was held then in Hartford, and the claims commissioner, J. In August, the state's attorney general, George Jepsen, filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit. We will vigorously continue to pursue our case against the state." "They permitted Sandra Herold to possess the chimp, which she had no business possessing. "We believe that the most-culpable entity is the state of Connecticut DEP," Willinger said Thursday. The state is immune from lawsuits without the claims commissioner's approval. The Nash family has sought to file a lawsuit against the state Department of Environmental Protection for $150 million, but is waiting for permission to do so from the state claims commissioner. "She'll never be able to see (daughter) Briana and, maybe even worse, she'll never be able to hold her hand," Willinger said in August.ĭoctors have attempted hand transplants, but Nash's body rejected the attempts, causing severe infections. Nash lives in total darkness, without hands, and is permanently scarred emotionally, psycholically and physically, her attorneys say. "Her world is very limited She's a lonely person right now," Willinger said. She is a very courageous woman and overall she's holding up all right. "She has had, and continues to have, a number of procedures. "She has good days and bad days," said Willinger. Since the attack, Nash has had several surgeries, including a face transplant in 2011. Nash had gone to the house to assist the chimpanzee's owner, a friend who she also had worked for. In February 2009 she was brutally attacked by Travis the chimpanzee outside a North Stamford home after the 200-pound primate went berserk, ripping off Nash's nose, lips, eyelids and hands before it was shot by a police officer. Nash, 57, formerly of Stamford, now lives in a nursing facility outside of Boston. Leydon had argued that Herold's estate couldn't be sued because Charla Nash was an employee of Herold and any claims were a worker's compensation matter. "But my clients and I feel it was a fair compromise on all sides and we are pleased to resolve the matter." "I am not at liberty to go into the details," Leydon said Thursday afternoon. They were seeking $50 million in damages.īrenden Leydon, a Stamford attorney representing Herold's estate, confirmed that a settlement was reached. The lawsuit was filed in 2009 on behalf of Nash by her brother, Michael Nash, in state Superior Court in Stamford.
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