Connecticut chimp attack victim seeks right to sue state

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Connecticut chimp attack victim seeks right to sue state

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chimp-attack-victim-ask-connecticut-lawmakers-permission-sue-142602180--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Nb8ml8swmhgvrIbeGh0HkQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-03-21T203156Z_3_CBREA2K1BAU00_RTROPTP_2_USA-CONNECTICUT-CHIMPANZEE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Nash speaks to the media at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford" align="left" title="Nash speaks to the media at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford" border="0" /></a>By Richard Weizel HARTFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - A woman whose face and hands were ripped off by a friend's pet chimpanzee in 2009 came to the Connecticut State Capitol on Friday to ask permission to sue the state for $150 million in damages. Charla Nash, who has undergone a face transplant and many other surgeries, including a failed double-hand transplant, spoke to the Connecticut General Assembly's Judiciary Committee, her head wrapped with protective white gauze. &quot;My name is Charla Nash and I'm hoping you can make a decision based on the fact that the state knew what was happening and failed to protect me,&quot; said Nash, 60. She asked lawmakers to pass legislation overruling a June decision by state Claims Commissioner J. Paul Vance Jr. that denied her request to waive Connecticut's sovereign immunity from lawsuits.</p><br clear="all"/>

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