A lawsuit has been filed after a UPS employee was attacked by dogs while delivering an envelope to a home in Penn Township, Westmoreland County.In the court paperwork Amy Gottron says that on Aug. 28 she was making the delivery to a home on Durst Road when she encountered a German shepherd that attacked her without warning.She says the dog sunk its teeth into her hip and left calf, tearing the calf and her leg open.Gottron says two other German shepherds also came out and took part in the attack.Gottron says that, as she screamed for help, Matthew Zavarella came out of the home and tried pulling the dogs off of her. She says that it wasn’t until Zavarella’s son came out to help that they were able to get the dogs off of Gottron and into their house.Gottron, who is also lead singer of the local rock band Switch, says she suffered multiple injuries in the attack and is experiencing PTSD.Named as defendants in the lawsuit are Matthew Zavarella and Gwendolyn Zavarella.Gottron says this isn’t the first time their dogs have attacked, citing an incident in 2018 when a woman was bitten and an incident in 2017 when a neighbor’s child was bitten. In the court paperwork, she also says there was an incident in which one of the German shepherds killed a neighbor’s dog.Gottron is seeking more than $50,000 in damages.

A lawsuit has been filed after a UPS employee was attacked by dogs while delivering an envelope to a home in Penn Township, Westmoreland County.

In the court paperwork Amy Gottron says that on Aug. 28 she was making the delivery to a home on Durst Road when she encountered a German shepherd that attacked her without warning.


She says the dog sunk its teeth into her hip and left calf, tearing the calf and her leg open.

Gottron says two other German shepherds also came out and took part in the attack.

Gottron says that, as she screamed for help, Matthew Zavarella came out of the home and tried pulling the dogs off of her. She says that it wasn’t until Zavarella’s son came out to help that they were able to get the dogs off of Gottron and into their house.

Gottron, who is also lead singer of the local rock band Switch, says she suffered multiple injuries in the attack and is experiencing PTSD.

Named as defendants in the lawsuit are Matthew Zavarella and Gwendolyn Zavarella.

Gottron says this isn’t the first time their dogs have attacked, citing an incident in 2018 when a woman was bitten and an incident in 2017 when a neighbor’s child was bitten. In the court paperwork, she also says there was an incident in which one of the German shepherds killed a neighbor’s dog.

Gottron is seeking more than $50,000 in damages.