The family of a Connecticut woman brutally mauled last month by a 200-pound chimp is seeking a staggering $50 million in damages against the primate's owner.

Charla Nash's relatives filed a lawsuit in Stamford Superior Court against Sandra Herold, accusing her of negligence and recklessness for owning "a wild animal with violent propensities, even though she lacked sufficient skill, strength and/or experience to subdue the chimpanzee with necessary".