Look what the cat dragged in: $122,400
Items compiled from Tribune news services
Published March 19, 2007
FLUSHING, MICHIGAN — A nasty bite on the hand that a man got from his sister's Siamese cat is worth $122,400.
A jury last week awarded Michael Sabo, 57, the money for an injury he got when the cat, Randy, bit his right hand in March 2004.
Sabo's fingers swelled so much they looked like “plump hot dogs,” his lawyer, Tom Pabst, told The Flint Journal, and an infection put Sabo in a hospital for three weeks. He had to pay thousands in medical bills.
Pabst said Sabo's sister had warned people not to pick up Randy because he'd bitten people before, but the newspaper said the cat leapt into Sabo's lap.
Sabo tried to get his sister's homeowner's insurance policy to pay for treatment. Refused, Sabo took the matter to court.
