Ospina Dog Attack Trial Begins

[handy]

Probably the first of it's kind, but I can think of better ways to put PG on the map.

KCBA and KION anchorwoman Olga Ospina recounted in a Monterey courtroom this week the fatal mauling of her beloved dog, Lulu, by a Labrador in front of the Pacific Grove post office almost three years ago — an attack Ospina said has left her with flashbacks and nightmares.

Ospina’s testimony Tuesday marked the second day of a jury trial in Monterey County Superior Court over a lawsuit the newscaster filed against the Labrador’s owner for the July 25, 2007 attack.

In her suit, filed in October 2008, Ospina asks that dog owner Donna Bazan and her father, Donald Armstrong, be ordered to pay her tens of thousands of dollars for pain and suffering, wage loss, vet bills and other damages.

In tearful testimony, Ospina, 38, said she was on a routine walk with Lulu at about 11 a.m. when she passed Bazan’s Ford Explorer in front of the post office and saw Bazan’s Labrador, Samson, climbing out of a partially open window. The Lab lunged, bit Ospina’s arm and then attacked Lulu.

“I still had Lulu by the leash,” Ospina said. “That’s when he just grabbed her with his jaws.”

The Lab underwent training in southern California and passed with “flying colors,” according to records. Since the attack, the dog has not been aggressive toward other animals, records show.
http://www.pineconearchive.com/100305-1.htm

[albert shark]

The article said something about Ospina undergoing psychotherapy, but quit that because it "wasn't her." Maybe that would have helped control the flashbacks she's suffering from?

[Flem Snopes]

I have nightmares and flashbacks watching her station's newscasts!

[handy]

I'm surprised they pay her so much money. But I like the newish handsome guy they have next to her cause he takes the spotlight from her a bit. PG gets sued by old city employees who were paid a fortune. Now if they didn't pay them so much would they have the money to sue?

[Flem Snopes]

I don't know, man, that guy on the broadcasts with her takes wooden to a whole new lever!

[stretch]

"Olga Ospina Naked" is often the #1 search term that drives people to lighthouseavenue.com

[handy]

"Olga Ospina Naked" is often the #1 search term that drives people to lighthouseavenue.com

I have that picture, but they have to hide her a little:

[handy]

County jury Tuesday awarded KCBA and KION anchorwoman Olga Ospina $87,000 for a 2007 Labrador attack in front of the Pacific Grove post office nearly three years ago that fatally injured her Maltese.

In October 2008, Ospina filed a lawsuit against the owner of the Lab, Donna Bazan, for allowing the Lab and another dog, a German shepherd, to escape through a window of Bazan’s Ford Explorer and attack Ospina and her dog, Lulu, on July 25, 2007.

The jury, after a four-and-a-half day trial, decided Bazan’s father, Donald Armstrong, 82, who was in the Ford Explorer on a cell phone at the time, was negligent because he did little to stop the attack.

Ospina, 38, was awarded $15,000 for past pain and suffering, $7,500 for future mental suffering and about $29,000 for Ospina’s expenses, which include vet bills, medical expenses, wage loss and the $2,000 Ospina spent on another Maltese to replace Lulu. The jury also awarded $36,000 in punitive damages — which state law allows in egregious cases.
http://www.pineconearchive.com/100312-2.htm

[Flem Snopes]

Wow. That's two years salary. Unless of course she makes more than the $40,000 a year Jodi Jones made (and quit over when she found out Brian Speciale made 80,000).

[handy]

She said she was making $136,000 per year after the dog attack but lost about three weeks of work, worth about $8,000.

That's a lot. So any bets on if she is a real blond?