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Mar 17, 2009 8:30 am US/Pacific

Chimp Attack Victim's Family Files $50M Lawsuit

NEW YORK (AP) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: A 200-pound chimpanzee named Travis, attacked and critically injured a 55-year-old woman in Stamford, Conn., on Feb. 16.
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The family of a Connecticut woman mauled by a chimpanzee last month has filed a lawsuit seeking $50 million in damages against the primate's owner.

A relative of 55-year-old Charla Nash filed the lawsuit against Sandra Herold late Monday in Superior Court in Stamford.

The lawsuit accuses Herold of negligence and recklessness for owning "a wild animal with violent propensities, even though she lacked sufficient skill, strength and/or experience to subdue the chimpanzee."

Attorneys say Nash lost her hands, nose, lips and eyelids and may be blind and suffering brain damage after the attack on Feb. 16 in Stamford. She remains in critical condition at the Cleveland Clinic.

Neither Herold nor her attorney, Joseph Gerardi, has returned messages left by The Associated Press.