Woman sues after police horse bit her finger off as she tried to pet it
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WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGE: Pernilla Ekberg has filed a lawsuit after she was left disfigured in the horrific incident
Disfigured: Pernilla Ekberg lost the tip of her right ring finger
A woman is suing a police force after an officer's horse bit her finger off. Pernilla Ekberg was petting the police horse outside a New York bar when the horrific incident happened.
The
28-year-old had been socialising with friends at Max Fish bar, in
Manhattan's Lower East Side, when she stopped the animal, the New York
Daily News reported. The Swedish national approached the NYPD
officer and asked for permission to pet the horse, according to a
lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court. But when she reached
out, the animal "chomped down on her hand, bit off the tip and spit it
out on the floor", Ekberg's lawyer said. Injury: The horse bit her finger off and spat it out
Ekberg claims the police officer panicked and fled without offering any help. Her
boyfriend retrieved the tip of her right ring finger and put it on ice
but doctors at Bellevue hospital were unable to save it. Lawyer Eliot Bickoff said the injury is a "significant disfigurement" because Ekberg is right handed. According
to the lawsuit, as an analyst of marketing campaigns, she needs her
full right hand to type, hold a pen, interact with people, all of which
has been affected by the injury. She has nerve damage and spent
months in intensive rehab working to restore her fine motor skills which
are still impaired, her lawyer said. A city Law Department spokesman said the case was being examined, the Daily News reported.
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