![]() ![]() The chimp was shot after attacking the police who responded to emergency calls. If they receive permission, they plan to seek $150 million in damages. In the ensuing chimp attack, Nash was blinded and had her hands and much of her face torn away. ![]() In order to sue the state, the Nash family will need permission from the state claims commissioner, the AP reported. That is why we will pursue the entity we think is most culpable, the Energy and Environmental Protection Department of Connecticut, for allowing Sandra Herold to possess the chimp in the first place." 11, 2011 by Brigham and Womens Hospital show chimpanzee attack victim Charla Nash after the attack, left, and post-face transplant surgery, right. "It won't nearly address her medical needs and her other lifestyle needs, not to mention pain and suffering. "The money that we have obtained for Charla is an insignificant amount in the scheme of things," the Nashes' lawyer Charles Willinger said Thursday, according to the AP. 1 Her face and hands were severely mauled in the attack, and she underwent both hand and facial transplant surgery to repair the damages. She requires constant care and is awaiting hand transplant surgery, they said. Charla Nash was a 55 year-old Stamford, Connecticut resident and employee of Sandra Herold when, on February 16, 2009, she was attacked by Herolds 200lb. The Nashes’ lawyers said Charla Nash, now 57, blind and living in a nursing home, needs more than $4 million to cover her medical costs, the AP reported. Images of Charla Nash were aired on NBCs Today show. Charla Nash will receive $4 million as part of a settlement agreement. A picture of a US woman who underwent face-transplant surgery after being savaged by a chimpanzee in 2009 has been revealed for the first time. In 2009, Nash’s twin brother sued Herold on his sister’s behalf for $50 million, Reuters reported. Sandra Herold’s 200-pound chimp ripped off Nash’s nose, lips, eyes and hands in a sudden attack outside Herold’s home in Stamford, Conn., Reuters reported. More from GlobalPost: Chimp attack woman gets new face, spikes interest in facial transplants Face transplant recipient Charla Nash will receive about $4 million from the estate of the owner of the chimpanzee who attacked her in February 2009, according to documents obtained by the Associated Press. ![]()
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