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tlewsNet^ • - Family Of Boy Mauled Sues Fence Company wysiwyg://21/htlp;//newschannel5CC0...ews/stories/news-980514-1 95723 html <br />* e it) v v V/i/ in 0 riles yellowpages ) <br />Win! <br />nm <br />, . SoecialAssignment <br />The <br />Investigator <br />7 ro’jbleshooter <br />Yc’jr Health <br />Digital Daily <br />Akron <br />Mev/sroom <br />Hometown <br />Heroes <br />rievvsstan J <br />.'lews Tips <br />A3C Hev/s <br />NIW5 <br />WLAIMIR <br />5PORIS <br />DtMOCHACY 2000 <br />YOUR lURN <br />MONLY <br />rtCIINOlOCY <br />HLALMI <br />RLCAUS <4 5AKIY <br />LNriRIAINMLNI <br />FAMILY ft RLCtPlS <br />lOUCATlON <br />NLW5CHANNLl4i <br />; -COMMIRCL <br />CARLLR PAIH <br />APAHIMLNIS COM <br />JU5I CO <br />CVRSCOM <br />home rmail <br />iNich fit* map <br />daily futnmafy *' <br />Family Of Boy Mauled Sues Fence Company <br />Jacobs* Attorney Says Fence Company Withheld <br />Information <br />CLEVELAND. Posted 8:52 p.m. May 14,1998 ~ A lawyer for a <br />boy mauled by a dog that ran through an invisible fence is <br />accusing the fence manufacturer of fraud for allegedly <br />withholding information about an earlier lawsuit. <br />A Rottweiler tore off the left ear of Joey Jacobs of suburban <br />Chagrin Falls while he was helping two friends by distracting <br />the charging dog in December 1993. <br />Joey, who was 9 at the time of the attack, and his mother, Kathy <br />C'^rroll, sued , • - . ^ f C t in 1996 in U.S. District Court <br />and reached a settlement last summer. The family's attorney, <br />James Lowe, said Invisible Fence withheld information about <br />another lawsuit and settlement. <br />Lowe filed a new lawsuit in federal court Friday, accusing the <br />company of fraud. The lawsuit asks for $2.5 million as <br />compensation for the boy's injuries and $2.5 million as <br />punishment for the company. A judge will decide whether the <br />fraud case should go forward. <br />Jim Staples, a spokesman for Invisible Fence, based In Berwyn, <br />Pa., said company officials would review the lawsuit but had no <br />immediate comment. <br />Check These Sites For Information On Stopping Dog <br />Attacks: <br />• T • - ^-4 -S'" 2 <br />AlAT <br />w I duel <br />ccrvice <br />iS “ Tips on protecting children. <br />Copyright 1998 by The Associated Press <br />AbVtltTiUNS^ <br />1 of 2 3/25/00 8:40 AM