Libby Boyer v Taney County Animal Control
Inj. No. 21-090237 2024 MO WCLR LEXIS 24
Release Date 5/28/2024 (D/A Dec 2021) NOA 6/24 SD 38569
Claimant alleged PTSD mental trauma when she witnesses a co-worker at the kennel attacked by the dog an the coworkers "blood and flesh" came in contact with her. Claimant reported she quit her job at the kennel but went back to work for 2 other employers. She had a history of witnessing other animal attacks and a incident of domestic violence when she was threatened with a gun and fled quickly, an experience she had not disclosed other expert.
The Commission noted claimant's expert, Dr. Sky, provided no opinon that the event of witnessesing an animal attack was extraordiary or unusual. Claimant put forth evidence of seeing previous attacks in the past. The reason she quit was for several reasons which did not support the inference the activity was so extraordnary to make her leave.
