Tiger Beat: City Tells Mauled Brothers to Go Sue Someone Else

S.F. gives Dhaliwal brothers the bureaucratic kiss-off

By Joe Eskenazi

After thoroughly vetting complaints lodged in March by the survivors of the Christmas Day zoo rampage — that provided Fox news with astounding new ways to portray San Francisco as a hotbed of unholy bestial fury — the city has, in perfect legalese, told the victims of the tiger attack to go shit in their hats.

“An investigation of your client’s claim filed with the City and County of San Francisco has revealed no indication of liability on the part of the City and County. Accordingly, your claim is DENIED,” reads City Attorney Dennis Herrera’s Thursday rejoinder to Amritpal and Kulbir Dhaliwal’s claims of physical and emotional injuries resulting from the tiger attack that left Carlos Sousa, Jr. dead (and, yes, Herrera used the blog-like all-caps to hammer home his point).

The city’s rationale: This ain’t my problem!

Herrera, ever helpful, refers the Dhaliwal’s attorneys, Mark Geragos and Shepard Kopp, to direct their legal fury to:

San Francisco Zoological Society
1 Zoo Road
San Francisco, CA 94132

(Herrera included a line reading “attn: Wayne Reading” — in other words, the zoo’s CFO has been notified that he's just had a legal wolfpack loosed on him).

You can read the terse PDF here.