{"id":15,"date":"2012-10-01T13:00:46","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T17:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rosemariearnoldreviews.com\/?p=15"},"modified":"2012-10-10T14:19:36","modified_gmt":"2012-10-10T18:19:36","slug":"atty-port-washington-family-files-lawsuit-after-6-year-old-attacked-by-dog-in-schoolyard-cbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rosemariearnoldreviews.com\/atty-port-washington-family-files-lawsuit-after-6-year-old-attacked-by-dog-in-schoolyard-cbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Atty: Port Washington Family Files Lawsuit After 6-Year-Old Attacked By Dog In Schoolyard (CBS)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Atty: Port Washington Family Files Lawsuit After 6-Year-Old Attacked By Dog In Schoolyard<\/strong>
\nDoctors Unable To Reattach Boy’s Ear; Espositos Suing For $30 Million
\nJune 4, 2012 8:11 PM<\/em><\/p>\n

http:\/\/newyork.cbslocal.com\/2012\/06\/04\/atty-port-washington-family-suing-after-6-year-old-attacked-by-dog-in-schoolyard\/<\/a><\/p>\n

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) \u2013 The parents of a 6-year-old Long Island boy who said their son was attacked by a dog on a school playground is suing the dog\u2019s owners for $30 million.<\/p>\n

Andrew Esposito was playing in the schoolyard at Sousa Elementary School in Port Washington when a lab mix allegedly got away from its owners as it was being walked through the playground.
\nThe 6-year-old\u2019s father, Ed Esposito, said his son had gone up to pet the dog when he was attacked.<\/p>\n

\u201cI turn over and I see my son face down in the dirt,\u201d he told 1010 WINS\u2019 Steve Sandberg. \u201cMy wife runs over to him and starts screaming \u2018his ear, his ear! Look for his ear!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

There are signs prohibiting dogs from entering school grounds, according to the Esposito\u2019s attorney, Rosemarie Arnold<\/a>, who added the dog is known to be \u201caggressive\u201d and \u201cvicious.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are children on the block that are afraid to walk to the bus stop because this dog growls and shows teeth,\u201d Arnold said.<\/p>\n

The Espositos put their son\u2019s earlobe on ice and took it to the hospital, but doctors were not able to reattach it. Arnold called the boy\u2019s injuries \u201ccatastrophic.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an adorable, 6-year-old boy who had his earlobe chewed off,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s been telling everybody that his ear\u2019s growing back, so he thinks that his ear\u2019s growing back. He doesn\u2019t understand what is going on,\u201d Ed Esposito told CBS 2’s Don Dahler.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit claims the dog\u2019s owners, Michael and Deborah Levine, were careless and reckless.<\/p>\n

The Levines live in Port Washington, but a person who answered the door Monday told CBS 2’s Dahler the couple had no comment, and neither did the Levines return calls asking for their side of the story.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Andrew Esposito\u2019s father said the boy\u2019s brothers and friends are trying to lift his spirits.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve rallied around with other kids in the community to make him feel normal,\u201d Ed Esposito said.<\/p>\n

Animal Control officers told the Espositos they could do nothing about the dog after the alleged attack, because this was the first time it was accused of biting someone, CBS 2’s Dahler reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Atty: Port Washington Family Files Lawsuit After 6-Year-Old Attacked By Dog In Schoolyard Doctors Unable To Reattach Boy’s Ear; Espositos Suing For $30 Million June 4, 2012 8:11 PM http:\/\/newyork.cbslocal.com\/2012\/06\/04\/atty-port-washington-family-suing-after-6-year-old-attacked-by-dog-in-schoolyard\/ PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) \u2013 The parents of a 6-year-old Long Island boy who said their son was attacked by a dog on a school […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,6,1],"tags":[9,8,13,15,14,16,11,12,10,28],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rosemariearnoldreviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rosemariearnoldreviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rosemariearnoldreviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rosemariearnoldreviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rosemariearnoldreviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/rosemariearnoldreviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18,"href":"http:\/\/rosemariearnoldreviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rosemariearnoldreviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rosemariearnoldreviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rosemariearnoldreviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}