Stephen Nash, Conservator of the Estate of Charla Nash and Brianna Nash v. Lawrence A. Christiano and Donald F. Zezima, Co-administrators of the Estate of Sandra Herold: While lawyers for a Stamford woman who was attacked and disfigured by her friend’s chimpanzee in 2009 still hope to get permission to sue the state of Connecticut for $150 million, they have reached a smaller, $4 million settlement with the estate of the chimp’s owner.
The case of Charla Nash has drawn national headlines ever since 2009, when 200-pound Travis mauled Nash at the Stamford residence of Sandra Herold, who kept the animal as a pet. The chimp ripped off Nash’s nose, lips, eyelids and hands before being killed by police. Nash was blinded in the attack and underwent a well-publicized face transplant. She also had a double hand transplant but there were complications and the new hands had to be removed.
