Woman's Will County Lawsuit Seeks $50K For Alleged 2015 Pit Bull Attack

JOLIET, IL - A woman who contends she suffered vicious dog bites from a pit bull back on Sept. 11, 2015 is now proceeding with a civil lawsuit in Will County Circuit Court.

Kristi Avery brought forward the lawsuit this month, using The Vrdolyak Law Group in Chicago. The lawsuit names Kathleen McGeoghegan as the defendant and asks for a monetary judgment in excess of $50,000, as well as legal costs.

McGeoghegan owned a pit bull at the time and Kristi Avery at a property in the 24900 block of South Scheer Road in Monee, according to the suit.

"At the foresaid time and place, the plaintiff Kristi Avery was conducting herself peaceably at the aforementioned location when the aforementioned pit bull attacked (her) without provocation, biting Plaintiff about the body, causing Plaintiff injury and damage," Vrdolyak Law attorney Daniel Alholm states.

The civil suit accuses the defendant of failing to control or restrain her pit bull to prevent Avery from being injured, failing to warn Avery of the dog at her premises and failing to keep the dog safely harbored.

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