Attacked by stray dogs, they suffered injuries and fractures: the municipality is trying to bypass the court and is ready to pay two Empedoclinic citizens over 7,000 euros in compensation.
The resolutions are all posted on the board’s bulletin board and tell different stories with identical conclusions. A first case concerns a minor bitten on the calf by a dog who is not an “owner” and is therefore owned by the Town Hall by rule. The animal caused the little one an injury that caused him a temporary 3% disability, with the result that the municipality decided to propose compensation of 3,179 to the family. More than 4,300 euros will instead go to an Empedoclinen who was attacked by a stray dog while walking his dog in a public park. In this case, the man suffered a phalanx fracture, possibly as a result of a fall or while trying to defend himself.
However, stray animal attacks are not the only cause of compensation claims being reported to the government, but falls from potholes and road hazards also appear to be numerous. In one case, again to avoid major compensation, the municipality paid up to €12,000 to the family of a minor who was injured by some uncovered irons.