Man Wins $122,400 Award After Sister's Cat Bites Him

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FLUSHING - A sniper's bullet in Vietnam was nothing compared to the bite of his sister's Siamese cat.

A Genesee County jury on Friday gave an ex-Marine from Flushing $122,400 for an injury he sustained when his sister's cat bit him on the hand in March 2004.

Michael Sabo, 57, of Flushing had just taken a barbecue grill to his sister when her cat, Randy, let out a screech and bit him, said Sabo's attorney, Tom Pabst.

"This was a Siamese seal-point," said Pabst.

"They're the pit bulls of cat." :rofl:

Sabo's fingers swelled so much that his fingers looked like "plump hot dogs" and his arm looked like the "Incredible Hulk," said Pabst.

The ensuing infection landed Sabo in an Ann Arbor veterans hospital for three weeks and racked up more than $20,000 in medical bills.

The pain was worse than what Sabo suffered when an enemy sniper shot him in the ankle in Vietnam, said Pabst. That wound forced doctors to fuse Sabo's ankle together and earned him a Purple Heart.

Pabst said Sabo's sister, Jean Toney, had warned people not to pick up Randy because he had bitten people before.

Sabo, however, was sitting down when the cat leapt into his lap and bit him on the meaty part of his right hand near the base of his little finger.

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