[size=-1] A stripper mauled by a tiger in an Ontario safari park has won $650,000 in damages because her scars meant she could no longer work, Canadian media said on Friday. [/size]
[size=-1] Jennifer-Anne Cowles was driving through the park nearly nine years ago with her then boyfriend when a tiger jumped into their car and tried to drag them away. The two insisted their windows had been shut when the tiger charged, although the park had challenged that. [/size]
[size=-1] The judge accepted the couple's testimony that the power windows had been inadvertently lowered when one of the big cats bumped against the car, frightening them. [/size]
[size=-1]In a ruling delivered on Thursday and reported in a number of Canadian newspapers, Justice Jean MacFarland said she could only imagine the "stark terror experienced by these young people during this horrendous event." [/size]
[size=-1] She awarded Cowles some $650,000 in damages, almost half of it to compensate for income she would have made as a stripper. [/size]
[size=-1] Her musician boyfriend, David Balac, won C$1.7 million, because his injuries left him unable to work as an accordion player. [/size]
[size=-1]African Lion Safari, near Hamilton, Ontario, west of Toronto, said it is reviewing the ruling, but it insisted the park was safe.[/size][size=-1]
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[size=-1] Jennifer-Anne Cowles was driving through the park nearly nine years ago with her then boyfriend when a tiger jumped into their car and tried to drag them away. The two insisted their windows had been shut when the tiger charged, although the park had challenged that. [/size]
[size=-1] The judge accepted the couple's testimony that the power windows had been inadvertently lowered when one of the big cats bumped against the car, frightening them. [/size]
[size=-1]In a ruling delivered on Thursday and reported in a number of Canadian newspapers, Justice Jean MacFarland said she could only imagine the "stark terror experienced by these young people during this horrendous event." [/size]
[size=-1] She awarded Cowles some $650,000 in damages, almost half of it to compensate for income she would have made as a stripper. [/size]
[size=-1] Her musician boyfriend, David Balac, won C$1.7 million, because his injuries left him unable to work as an accordion player. [/size]
[size=-1]African Lion Safari, near Hamilton, Ontario, west of Toronto, said it is reviewing the ruling, but it insisted the park was safe.[/size][size=-1]
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