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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Who let the Dogs Out?!?!?!)
SUNRISE WOMAN SETTLES AGAINST VISCIOUS DOG
-Owner Pays $25,000 for Attack
WESTON, FL - A Sunrise woman has settled a claim for $25,000
against her neighbor after being savagely attacked by the neighbor's dog. Weston
attorneys, Roy Oppenheim and Ellen Pilelsky of the firm Oppenheim Pilelsky, P.A.
represented Christine Brannen against her neighbor, Tamara Malamud and her pet
German Shepard, Brandy.
Back on May 21, 2000 Brannen was innocently riding her bicycle
in her neighborhood when Brandy came at her and viscously attacked
her. Brannen received deep wounds to her hip and knee and subsequently
required extensive physical therapy. Her emotional wounds went
much deeper. After the mauling, Brannen began suffering from posttraumatic
stress disorder and experienced terrible nightmares about being
attacked again. She lost time at work as an air traffic controller
and was afraid to go outside.
"Christine Brannen's injuries went far beyond the deep gashes to her body,"
said Ellen Pilelsky. "She suffers haunting memories of this attack everyday."
Then, she learned that Brandy had attacked before, injuring another neighbor.
Oppenheim Pilelsky demanded payment from the dog owner's insurance
company, Allstate, and settled for $25,000 to compensate Brannen
for both her physical and psychological anguish from this attack
as well as compensation for her medical expenses and lost wages.
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Oppenheim is a partner in the firm, along with his wife Ellen Pilelsky. Oppenheim
& Pilelsky, the oldest law firm in Weston, is a general practice concentrating
in real estate, litigation and business related matters. The law firm of Oppenheim
& Pilelsky is located at: 1290 Weston Road, Suite 300, Weston, FL 33326 (954)
384-6114.
/Contact:
Julie Silver or Christine Manna at Boardroom Communications, 954-370-8999,
for Oppenheim Pilelsky.
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