The family of the 95-year-old Suffield woman killed by a pitbull in late 2019 will receive a $2 million payment to settle its wrongful death lawsuit against the dog’s owner, former state legislator and animal rights advocate Annie Hornish.
Janet D’Aleo’s estate agreed to the settlement late last year with Hornish and her husband, Neil, and a probate judge approved the agreement last week, effectively ending a bitter back-and-forth between the families in the wake of D’Aleo’s death.
D’Aleo died after she was attacked by Hornish’s dog, Dexter, while visiting the family’s home in Enfield in November 2019.