Category: Dog Bites

November 20, 2018 A tenant’s dog bites somebody–is the landlord responsible? Dog bite law can hold landlords liable for dog bites when they occur on their property, under certain types of circumstances. In most all of these circumstances, the plaintiff must be able to prove that the landlord knew that the dangerous dog lived on…

December 13, 2018 You’ve been bitten by a dog–what’s next? Owning dogs is popular–unfortunately those dogs can bite or injure people. People who are bit or injured by dogs can sometimes have a personal injury claim against the dog owner or a party that should have exercised some control over the dog. The first thing…

December 10, 2018 Negligence is generally doing something which would be unreasonable to the ordinary person, or if the tortfeasor failed to take some reasonable precautions or gave a warning when a warning would be necessary, thereby causing someone harm. For example, let’s say that the owner of a store allowed a strange dog to…