Woman badly injured in dog attack at California animal shelter awarded $5.4 million by jury

A woman who sued after being attacked by a Belgian Malinois as she tried to give the dog a treat while preparing to transport it from a San Fernando Valley shelter has been awarded more than $5.4 million by a jury.

Genice Horta was getting ready to transport the dog, Maximus, from the East Valley Animal Shelter to Arizona to an animal rescue location, but was never told about Maximus’ bite history, which included biting a child and a shelter employee. She was attacked by Maximus in the shelter parking lot...