A woman who claimed her fear of dogs prevented her from working was found to be housing and selling dogs.
WAHKIAKUM COUNTY, Wash. — A 56-year-old woman who claimed to be traumatized from a workplace dog attack pleaded guilty to second-degree attempted theft of state worker’s compensation on Monday, August 19.
A Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) investigation found that Linda Lashell Jordan, a former Pacific County Public Utility District meter reader, was housing 6 dogs in her home at the same time that she was insisting that her post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and fear of dogs was so severe that she could not work.
In 2007, a dog attacked Jordan while she was working, biting her right arm and causing serious injury. Over the next several years, L&I says she filed injury claims saying she could not work or drive due to her fear of dogs.
Jordan’s medical …