A woman in southeast China is suing the tenants and landlord of an entire industrial plant after being paralysed from the neck down in April when a dog falling from a second-floor balcony hit her on the head.
CCTV footage circulated online showing a large cream dog falling out of the factory building in Guangzhou on to the woman, who collapses after being hit on the head. Shortly after, the dog gets up and walks away.
The 47-year-old woman and her husband, originally from Hubei province in central China, had moved to Guangzhou to earn more money for their son's marriage fund. Since the incident in Yagangcun, in Baiyun district, they have been staying in a small hotel and the woman requires bi-weekly visits to the hospital for treatment.
Both her husband and son have quit their jobs to take care of her, because she needs to be massaged every two hours to prevent her muscles from degenerating."In total, our living and medical expenses are about 300,000 yuan ($63,500) now; we just want the legal procedure to be over so we can take the compensation for her treatment," the woman's husband told the Guangzhou Daily newspaper.
