A jury recently awarded a $122,400 personal injury settlement to a Flushing, Michigan man who suffered such a nasty bite from his sister’s Siamese cat that his fingers were left swollen and looking like “plump hot dogs.” 57-year-year old Michael Sabo was awarded the money on March 16^th for the injuries he suffered from the 2004 bite by his sister’s cat Randy. Sabo’s Michigan personal injury attorney Tom Pabst said in a story in The Flint Journal that his client suffered an infection after the bite and had to be hospitalized for three weeks.

Pabst added that Sabo’s sister, Jean Toney, had warned people to not pick up Randy because he had bitten people in the past. The newspaper story said that the cat leapt into Sabo’s lap and then bit him. Left with thousands in medical bills following the three-week hospitalization for his infected fingers, Sabo tried to get his sister’s homeowner’s insurance policy to cover the treatment costs. When that request fell through, Pabst said that Sabo was left with no choice but to take the matter to court.

An Associated Press phone call to a telephone listing for Toney was not answered. A call to Pabst was not immediately returned at the time of the personal injury settlement. According to some news reports, Randy the cat hissed at some reporters who showed up at his door seeking comment. Just kidding. We at The Injury Blog share an equal love for cats and dogs.