PALATINE, Ill. – Two separate dog bites in two separate towns resulted in a civil lawsuit filed in September against the village of Palatine.
Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard filed the lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court on behalf of Aneta Heinz, who was bitten by two dogs near her Elmwood Park home in August. The dogs were the same two that bit Palatine residents Amanda Ingram and Chase Braun in May, killing Ingram’s dog during the attack.
In June, the village ruled that the two dogs, an Akita and a pit bull, would not be euthanized, but had to relocate to a different community. Since Heinz was bit, the village was blamed for not euthanizing the two dogs involved in the May incident. Ingram lost her West Highland white terrier Casper in the May 25 attack in the 200 block of W. Washington in Palatine. Braun also suffered injuries when he tried to help Ingram. His terrier mix Kona was said to have been attacked, but survived. The dogs were eventually euthanized.
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