Lawyers for the woman horribly mauled by a chimpanzee in Connecticut have agreed to a settle a lawsuit against the estate of the animal’s now-dead owner, according to court documents.
Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.
Attack victim Charla Nash’s brother filed the lawsuit on her behalf in 2009, seeking $50 million in damages from the chimp’s owner Sandra Herold, who died in 2010.
Nash was blinded, lost both hands and underwent a face transplant after being mauled outside Herold’s home in Stamford in February 2009.
Lawyers for Nash’s twin brother, Michael Nash, accused executors of Herold’s estate earlier this week of withholding information needed to complete the settlement, according to a court document obtained by the AP.
An attorney for Herold’s estate said Thursday that his office has since provided the information and the settlement is nearly finalized. He declined to elaborate and said the settlement will be confidential.
“I think it was a fair compromise on all sides,” said Brenden Leydon, a lawyer representing Herold’s estate.