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Monroe Man Dies From Dog Bite; Family Sues Dog Owner

If a dog bite leads to a deadly bacterial infection, is the dog’s owner responsible for the dog bite victim’s death? That is the question this month in a Snohomish County courtroom, where the family of a late Monroe man says that they deserve compensation for his death.

According to the Everett Herald, 57-year-old Kenneth Bock was bitten on the finger at a Chain Lake Road storage business in Monroe, Washington. One day later, he went to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for treatment for an ailment. While first diagnosed as a blood clot, doctors soon realized that the man was suffering from a serious infection caused by capnocytophaga canimorsus sepsis, a bacterium found in the saliva of pets. He died ten days later of the infection.

Now, the man’s family is suing the owner of the dog for wrongful death, stating that the dog was allowed to road the property freely despite the fact that the dog had bitten a customer earlier in the day. The family’s attorney stated that the first dog bite victim was paid $100 for his injury. The defendants and dog owner, Konrad Haskins and his wife Phyllis also of Monroe, said that the first bite never took place and that Brock stuck his finger out of a car window when the dog bit him. While they say that his death was tragic, they do not believe they were the cause of the deadly infection.

Both parties will try to resolve the wrongful death lawsuit in mediation this winter.

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