ELMWOOD PARK, Ill. – Attorneys for an Elmwood Park woman say negligence by the village of Palatine is to blame for an attack by two dogs that were kicked out of the Northwest suburb — but not euthanized — following a similar mauling about three months earlier.
Attorneys Michael Schostok and Brian Salvi of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard told the media during a press conference Tuesday that they plan to file a lawsuit by the end of the week on behalf of 48-year-old Aneta Heinz, who was walking her 4-year-old retriever mix Aug. 20 when two dogs escaped a backyard and ran across the street toward them. Heinz and her dog were knocked to the ground and injured, her lawyers say. The dog’s owner already has been cited.
The press conference was covered by several Chicago media outlets, including:
