Settlement in Connecticut chimp attack suit

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: November 29, 2012
Tags: chimpanzee, connecticut, lawsuit, maryland

HARTFORD, Conn — Lawyers for a woman mauled by a chimpanzee in Connecticut have agreed to settle a lawsuit against the estate of the primate’s now-dead owner, but there’s a dispute over the final details, according to court documents obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. Attack victim Charla Nash’s brother filed the lawsuit on her [...]

Chimp attack victim: Let me sue state for $150M

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: August 10, 2012
Tags: charla nash, chimp attack, chimpanzee, connecticut, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, hartford, lawsuit, victim

Charla Nash arrives with her brother Stephen, left, for a hearing at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford, Conn.

HARTFORD, Conn. — The state attorney general’s office urged a key official on Friday to dismiss a $150 million claim filed by a woman who was mauled and disfigured by a chimpanzee that went berserk in 2009. But the victim, who has amassed millions of dollars in medical and other bills, said she’s holding out [...]

Bartlett opposes invasive research on chimps

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: August 11, 2011
Tags: animals, Annapolis, chimpanzee, chimpanzee research, invasive research, navy school of aviation medicine, physiologist, rep. roscoe bartlett, republican, respirator, the new york times

ANNAPOLIS — Rep. Roscoe Bartlett is sponsoring legislation to phase out invasive research on chimpanzees. Bartlett, a Republican, wrote about his opposition to research that harms the animals in an opinion page article Thursday in The New York Times. Bartlett discusses his experience as a physiologist at the Navy’s School of Aviation Medicine, where he [...]