It's Tiger v. 'Pit Bull': San Francisco Zoo Will Face Mark Geragos
Not many injury victims are hurt by an escaped tiger.
But the two brothers who survived a recent tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo have hired attorney Mark Geragos to represent them as they contemplate filing a negligence lawsuit against the facility, which is a partnership between the city and the nonprofit San Francisco Zoological Society.
ABC News reports on January 1, 2008 that brothers Paul and Kulbir Dhaliwal have been released from San Francisco General Hospital and have already retained Geragos, a high-profile criminal defense attorney whose clients have included singer Michael Jackson, actress Wynona Ryder, and convicted murder Scott Peterson.
"There are some very disturbing facts yet to come out about what happened," Geragos told ABCNews.com in an interview. The news organization called Geragos a "legal pit bull."
While the Dhaliwal brothers were injured in the well publicized tiger attack, their friend, Carlos Sousa Jr., was killed by the animal. Thus far there have been no reports of who will represent his family in any legal actions against the zoo.
But the two brothers who survived a recent tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo have hired attorney Mark Geragos to represent them as they contemplate filing a negligence lawsuit against the facility, which is a partnership between the city and the nonprofit San Francisco Zoological Society.
ABC News reports on January 1, 2008 that brothers Paul and Kulbir Dhaliwal have been released from San Francisco General Hospital and have already retained Geragos, a high-profile criminal defense attorney whose clients have included singer Michael Jackson, actress Wynona Ryder, and convicted murder Scott Peterson.
"There are some very disturbing facts yet to come out about what happened," Geragos told ABCNews.com in an interview. The news organization called Geragos a "legal pit bull."
While the Dhaliwal brothers were injured in the well publicized tiger attack, their friend, Carlos Sousa Jr., was killed by the animal. Thus far there have been no reports of who will represent his family in any legal actions against the zoo.
The only "pit bulls" here are the brothers who were taunting the tiger; she'd been perfectly content in her environment for at least a year, so the height of the "wall" is not the issue. What's at issue is the taunting that took place to aggrevate an aggressive animal (a natural trait and instinct for survival in the wild). Own up to the mistake, say a prayer for the tiger - the one true victim - and prayers to the family of the man who died (regardless of his prior activity). The rest of you can keep your funds better spent OUT of the hands of lawyers and INTO the accounts that educate folks on the nature of wild animals - in ANY environment.
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I have to wonder what kind of a case Mark Geragos is going to have, to blame the zoo, when reports are starting to leak out that those young men had slingshots on them (the modern-day wrist rockets), and the fact that there was an empty bottle of Vodka in their car. Not to pass judgment, but supposedly these young men all had prior records with the law. So it appears that some mischievous young men decide to go to the zoo to fire objects at a wild animal....looks to me like nature took a logical turn on these idiots if the investigation proves they were up to no good. I wonder how many other animals never got the chance to retaliate the way this big kitty did. I feel sorry the tiger had to be put down, she didn't get the chance to finish what the remaining two men had started. She was only done with one-third of her work for the day. Insensitive & mean to say? Yeah, maybe...but so is torturing innocent animals.
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Geragos is a sick bastard to defend these spoiled little pieces of feces after they got stinking drunk on their bottle of vodka and then went and tortured an already stressed animal with slingshots. The tiger didn't deserve to die, the excuse for humans did!!!
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If this is a criminal investigation, aren't the brothers required to give reports to the police?
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You raise a very interesting possibility that frankly, I had not considered. And that is that the brothers selected Mark Geragos because they fear they will be charged criminally in the case. Wow! If that turns out to be the case, it would be a very interesting development. -- Dean Rotbart
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