Big Award in Dog Attack

HENDERSON — A Rusk County jury awards a $7 million dollar settlement to the family of Justin Clinton to be paid by the George family — the owners of the dogs that attacked and killed ten-year-old Justin last year. Pam Ford was Justin’s aunt. She doesn’t think Justin’s mother, Serenia, will ever see any of the money — but Ford tells KETK that’s not what it’s all about. “That’s not what this family was after,” says Ford. “It was to let people know that if they have these types of dogs, they have to be responsible for them and they have to contain them properly.” Justin was on his way to a friend’s house when the attack happened.