According to NYDN, Marc Anthony and wife Jennifer Lopez are named in a federal suit that claims their guard dog attacked a flight attendant on a private jet.Lopez had been flying solo in the personal injury suit filed last June in Brooklyn Federal Court, but Anthony is being added as a defendant after J.Lo's lawyer gave him up as the owner of the German shepherd guard dog, Manhattan lawyer William Cafaro said. "I was told by her counsel that Marc Anthony was the registered owner of the dog," said Cafaro, who represents flight attendant Lisa Wilson. "The issue of who actually owns the dog will be determined in the course of the proceedings." Wilson wants $5 million in damages from Lopez and her company, Nuyorican Productions. The suit will be amended this week to include Anthony as a defendant.
Anthony and the dog, Floyd, accompanied Lopez on a Gulfstream IV flight from Republic Airport in Farmingdale, L.I., to Burbank, CA on July 3, 2006, Cafaro said. Court papers say Lopez warned Wilson, 40, a flight attendant for NetJets Inc., how to behave around the dog, court papers. An hour into the flight, Floyd lunged at Wilson as she walked past, "attacking her and biting her pant leg," the suit said. She fell, suffered a serious back injury and has been unable to work. Cafaro contends the dog's owners had a duty to put a muzzle or leash on Floyd, and to warn his client "to stay completely away from the dog." Lopez's lawyer, Marina Spinner, could not be reached for comment.
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