Marie-Helene Tokar filed the suit after the neighbour's insurance company failed to reimburse her for costly and painful facial-reconstruction surgery.
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| Remember this photo when you read that a dog attack victim's injuries are "not life-threatening". You'll live but be permanently disfigured. |
Tokar was assaulted by the dog in September 2008 while walking near her home in Saint-Hippolyte, 80 km north of Montreal. The dog was later euthanized.
Tokar has since suffered through a failed skin graft and a prosthetic nose. Doctors recently took skin from her forehead and attached a second skin graft to the middle of her face.
"I want to resume a semblance of a normal life," Tokar told QMI Agency this week. "It's been a never-ending nightmare since the attack. My entire life has stopped. I don't dare to go outside - people stare at me and it's extremely hurtful."
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| The owner simply gives up the dog to be put down and tries to forget about the whole 'unpleasantness' while the victims have to re-live the horror every single day |
Civil court proceedings against her neighbour are to begin next week at the Montreal courthouse.
Tokar is no longer working, is $60,000 dollars in debt and says she has fallen into a deep depression.
(CNews - Dec 8, 2011)
