A 77-year-old man who tossed ricin-laced sausages at his Northeast Portland neighbor’s dogs has agreed to pay $80,000 to settle a lawsuit. Michael Joseph Lynch was poised to defend himself against a $400,000 civil suit last week in Multnomah County Circuit Court but instead decided to pay the $80,000 to neighbor Richard Schmidtke. Schmidtke’s spaniels, Snowflake and Bandit, ate or chewed on some of the meat and nearly died in July 2016.
Man Who Flung Tainted Meat To Pay $80k
Aimee Green, The Oregonian, The Columbian
Tue, 04/24/2018 - 9:24pm
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