My question involves an injury that occurred in the state of: New Mexico
My sister currently works at a vet clinic. The dog in question is a bulldog. The dog seemed perfectly fine after getting anesthetic before it was to be spayed and had walked away then proceeded to whip back around and got a hold of her hand. The staff tried to pry the dog off has best as they could and in the process the dog bit another staff member. This dog came close to ripping her thumb off and crushed several bones in the hand as well as ripped some tendons. She just recently had surgery as we'l and may need to have future procedures do to the injury being so severe. Does she have a case against the owners? Owners stated this dog has never exhibited violence before and this is considered the "first bite" case this dog has had.

