Dogs Bite Decatur Al: SAGINAW MI - DUANE VANLANHAM, WHO RECEIVED THE CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR HEROISM AFTER HE RESCUED HIS NEIGHBOR FROM 3 PIT BULLS AND WAS THEN VICIOUSLY ATTACKED BY THE MEAT GRINDERS IN 2009, HAS DIED FROM CANCER AT AGE 59

Sunday, June 23, 2019

SAGINAW MI - DUANE VANLANHAM, WHO RECEIVED THE CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR HEROISM AFTER HE RESCUED HIS NEIGHBOR FROM 3 PIT BULLS AND WAS THEN VICIOUSLY ATTACKED BY THE MEAT GRINDERS IN 2009, HAS DIED FROM CANCER AT AGE 59

Duane E. Vanlanham, of Buena Vista, is back in St. Marys Hospital with a set back in the healing of his legs that were injured in a pit bull attack. Michael Hollenbeck/The Saginaw News The Saginaw News

Duane Vanlanham is remembered as the Saginaw man who rescued his neighbor from being mauled by several pit bulls. Vanlanham lost several of his fingers and toes during the rescue after the dogs turned on him.

Vanlanham, 59, died on June 14 after a short battle with cancer, according to his niece Crystal Clark. Clark said Vanlanham found out he had Stage 4 throat cancer in September.

The family has set up a GoFundMe account called “Burial For Saginaw Hometown Hero” to help with funeral expenses.

Bridgetta Hadley and Duane VanLanHam

Clark said that after the attack, her uncle never collected the $2 million judgment entered against the two people who owned the dogs.

On March 5, 2009, Bridgetta Hadley, who was 42 at the time, was being attacked by THREE PIT BULLS in front of her house at 637 S. 23rd, right on the dividing line between the city of Saginaw and Buena Vista Township.

Vanlanham, who was Hadley’s neighbor and childhood friend, intervened, saving Hadley and getting her inside of a vehicle away from the dogs.

“I tried to get on the hood, but they grabbed me by the legs and I slid off,” Vanlanham testified during the 2010 trial for the couple who owned the dogs.

Vanlanham said he stood up and backed away from the dogs but tripped over the curb and fell into the grass, he testified. One dog began biting his left leg, “tearing away my muscles,” while the other two bit his right leg and one of his arms.

He lost all five toes on his right foot and four fingers as a result of the attack.

Duane Vanlanham, of Buena Vista Township, was attacked by three pit bulls after rescuing a neighbor, says doctors cut off his toes on his right foot as part of an operation.

Duane Vanlanham, of Buena Vista Township, was attacked by three pit bulls after rescuing a neighbor, says doctors cut off his toes on his right foot as part of an operation.

Anthony D. Hunt was convicted in May 2010 of four counts of owning a dangerous animal causing serious injury. Hunt received a five-to-eight year prison sentence.

Shamorrow Amos was convicted of two dangerous animal charges and received a sentence of probation.

In 2011, the city adopted a “dangerous dogs” ordinance which requires citizens owning pit bulls, Presa Canarios, bull mastiffs, Rottweilers and German shepherds to register their dog for a $20 fee and pick up a “Dog on premises” sign to post in front of their homes.

Vanlanham received national attention when he was selected to receive a Carnegie Medal for heroism he displayed in the 2009 attack.

Clark said that her uncle was very proud to be considered a hero and that he would jokingly mention it whenever he asked someone in the family for something.

Clark remembers when the incident occurred more than 10 years ago.

“It happened in front of my grandmother’s house,” she said. “I was getting ready for work as it was going on.”

Uncle Wayne, as Clark calls him, did not change much after the attack. He still loved to hang out with family and he still loved to play dominoes.

“Even after he found out he had cancer, we have pictures of him playing dominoes at our family Christmas celebration,” Clark said. “Overall, he was the same Uncle Wayne. Fun and energetic.”

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THE CODE OF ALABAMA - 1975

Title: 6 CIVIL PRACTICE

Section 6-5-120

Defined.

A "nuisance" is anything that works hurt, inconvenience or damage to another. The fact that the act done may otherwise be lawful does not keep it from being a nuisance. The inconvenience complained of must not be fanciful or such as would affect only one of a fastidious taste, but it should be such as would affect an ordinary reasonable man.

(Code 1907, §5193; Code 1923, §9271; Code 1940, T. 7, §1081

Section 6-5-121

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Distinction between public and private nuisances; right of action generally.

Nuisances are either public or private. A public nuisance is one which damages all persons who come within the sphere of its operation, though it may vary in its effects on individuals. A private nuisance is one limited in its injurious effects to one or a few individuals. Generally, a public nuisance gives no right of action to any individual, but must be abated by a process instituted in the name of the state. A private nuisance gives a right of action to the person injured.

(Code 1907, §5196; Code 1923, §9274; Code 1940, T. 7, §1084.)

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http://www.legislature.state.al.us/CodeofAlabama/1975/13A-3-23.htm

Section 13A-3-23

Use of force in defense of a person.

(a) A person is justified in using physical force upon another person in order to defend himself or herself or a third person from what he or she reasonably believes to be the use or imminent use of unlawful physical force by that other person, and he or she may use a degree of force which he or she reasonably believes to be necessary for the purpose. A person may use deadly physical force, and is legally presumed to be justified in using deadly physical force in self-defense or the defense of another person pursuant to subdivision (4), if the person reasonably believes that another person is:

(1) Using or about to use unlawful deadly physical force.

(2) Using or about to use physical force against an occupant of a dwelling while committing or attempting to commit a burglary of such dwelling.

(3) Committing or about to commit a kidnapping in any degree, assault in the first or second degree, burglary in any degree, robbery in any degree, forcible rape, or forcible sodomy.

(4) In the process of unlawfully and forcefully entering, or has unlawfully and forcefully entered, a dwelling, residence, or occupied vehicle, or federally licensed nuclear power facility, or is in the process of sabotaging or attempting to sabotage a federally licensed nuclear power facility, or is attempting to remove, or has forcefully removed, a person against his or her will from any dwelling, residence, or occupied vehicle when the person has a legal right to be there, and provided that the person using the deadly physical force knows or has reason to believe that an unlawful and forcible entry or unlawful and forcible act is occurring. The legal presumption that a person using deadly physical force is justified to do so pursuant to this subdivision does not apply if:

a. The person against whom the defensive force is used has the right to be in or is a lawful resident of the dwelling, residence, or vehicle, such as an owner or lessee, and there is not an injunction for protection from domestic violence or a written pretrial supervision order of no contact against that person;

b. The person sought to be removed is a child or grandchild, or is otherwise in the lawful custody or under the lawful guardianship of, the person against whom the defensive force is used;

c. The person who uses defensive force is engaged in an unlawful activity or is using the dwelling, residence, or occupied vehicle to further an unlawful activity; or

d. The person against whom the defensive force is used is a law enforcement officer acting in the performance of his or her official duties.

(b) A person who is justified under subsection (a) in using physical force, including deadly physical force, and who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and is in any place where he or she has the right to be has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground.

(1) With intent to cause physical injury or death to another person, he or she provoked the use of unlawful physical force by such other person.

(2) He or she was the initial aggressor, except that his or her use of physical force upon another person under the circumstances is justifiable if he or she withdraws from the encounter and effectively communicates to the other person his or her intent to do so, but the latter person nevertheless continues or threatens the use of unlawful physical force.

(3) The physical force involved was the product of a combat by agreement not specifically authorized by law.

(d) A person who uses force, including deadly physical force, as justified and permitted in this section is immune from criminal prosecution and civil action for the use of such force, unless the force was determined to be unlawful.

(e) A law enforcement agency may use standard procedures for investigating the use of force described in subsection (a), but the agency may not arrest the person for using force unless it determines that there is probable cause that the force used was unlawful.