A Stanly County, North Carolina jury returned a $300,000 verdict against three defendants on May 4, 2026, in a dog-attack case arising from injuries to the plaintiff's right arm, ribs, and peripheral nerves [1]. The case was filed under docket numbers 24 CVS 000824-830 in Stanly County Superior Court [1]. Plaintiff's counsel Shelby Gilmer and S. Cramer Lewis of DAS Law Group tried the matter to verdict [1].
The jury found all three defendants liable on both claims presented, negligence and ownership of a vicious animal, and rejected any contributory negligence by the plaintiff, a finding that carried particular weight in North Carolina, which follows a pure contributory-negligence bar that would have eliminated recovery entirely had the jury credited the defendants' theory [1]. The plaintiff sustained catastrophic lacerations to her right arm, dog bites to her ribs, and nerve deficits as a result of the attack [1]. The award was compensatory only, with no punitive component [1].
The $300,000 total represented ten times the defendants' highest pretrial settlement offer of $30,000 [1]. No defense counsel was reported in the case record [1]. The record does not reflect a post-trial motion schedule or appellate filing as of publication.
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