A Middletown Superior Court jury handed down a recent defense verdict in a dog bite case that hinged on whether a pit bull had a history of attacks. A six-person jury found for the defendants after deliberating for 75 minutes Aug. 9.

At issue in Helm v. Hanson was not whether the dog Jax had bitten Anders Helm on the left calf, but whether the dog had bitten other people in the past. Helm, who was Scott Hanson’s next-door neighbor, was bitten in May 2017 after he was invited for a social visit into Hanson’s home. That July, Helm sued for negligence, seeking $1.5 million for injuries, medical expenses and emotional distress.

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