Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

• Aggressive Dog Bites the Face of a Child

  Rick Patterson | July 07, 2007 6:12 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  Another child is seriously hurt due to a dog bite from an aggressive dog. The two-year-old child was rushed to the hospital after the large bullmastiff dog attacked.The dog attack happened in Florida. The child was in a residence in Saint John's County this morning. She has been taken to Wolfson Children's Hospital.A St. Johns County Animal Control team arrived soon after the incident. They...

• Texas Boy Attacked by Pit Bull

  Shannon Weidemann | July 03, 2007 2:34 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  A 6-year-old boy was attacked by a pit bull in Houston and the injuries were so severe that it required over 200 stitches to repair. The boy was playing with the dog at his mother's home. The dog bite attack happened on Saturday evening. Harris County Animal Control officials went to the residence after deputies responded to the call but did not take the dog into custody because it is not a...

• Rabies & Dog Bites Lead to Euthanized Pets

  Susy Owen | June 28, 2007 3:49 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Rabies is on the rise in North Carolina. In fact, officials in Mitchell and Yancey counties are advising residents to keep food and pets away from wild animals since they could be infected with the disease. Apparently, the increase in North Carolina is due to the large raccoon population in that state. The numbers are high. In the last few months as many as eight pets have had to be euthanized...

• Texas Toddler Bitten by Dog

  Shannon Weidemann | June 26, 2007 11:09 AM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  A 2-year-old girl was bitten by a dog outside of her Tyler, Texas home and had to receive 80 stitches. The girl was outside with her mother when she left her mother's site and was attacked. The dog bites were on her head. The attack happened last Wednesday. I come running around the house and there she was coming to find me. Her head was just blood was everywhere. Scared me I didn't know...

• 1-year-old Dog(s) Kills Owner

  Susy Owen | June 20, 2007 12:37 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  This story is a lesson on many levels, one of which is "do not ignore your instincts." Phyllis G. Carroll was a 63-year-old woman who owned two 1-year-old dogs. The two black chow mix dogs were from the same litter, one male and one female. They were kept outside in the yard behind Carroll's house. Friends say she had grown increasingly afraid of the aggressive dogs. It is a that point a dog...

• How's this for irony?

  IB Contributor | June 10, 2007 12:01 AM | 2 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Court Hearing to Save Pitbull a Day after Pitbulls Attack Tustin woman and Maul her DogEarly Wednesday morning, two female pitbulls snatched a poodle from the arms of an elderly woman in Tustin and mauled the little dog in front of her eyes, in her front yard, according to an article in The Orange County Register. On Thursday morning, a Westminster woman's attorney begged an Orange County...

• Dog Is Shot Dead after He Attacks a Child

  Rick Patterson | June 08, 2007 10:36 AM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  Certain dogs are known to be aggressive. In fact, many insurance companies will not insure a home if one or more of a list of dogs known to be aggressive are present in the home or on the property. As a rule, one dog you won't find on such a list is a Labrador, which is all the more reason that a story about an attack on a small child by a Labrador seems more than a little unusual. In this...

• Supreme Court Rules in Dog Mauling Case

  Susy Owen | June 07, 2007 12:32 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  In July 2002, the San Francisco lawyer whose dogs fatally mauled a neighbor was sentenced to four years in prison. The two dogs actually belonged to a state prisoner, who was gang involved and both convicted attorneys, Knoller and her husband, later adopted the prisoner. It would be difficult to find a better example of truth being stranger than fiction. Knoller was charged with involuntary...

• Dog Attacks Owner's 3-Year-Old Grandson

  Rick Patterson | June 01, 2007 2:50 PM | 1 CommentLancaster, CA

  One would hope that with as much information as there is available regarding dog bites, we would see more caution exercised, particularly when it comes to dogs that are known to be aggressive. Yet, we hear stories such as this one that truly leaves one to wonder "where is the common sense?" Bobby Day, 41, has several pit bulls. One of which attacked a child not more than two years ago. Mr. Day...

• Tips to Avoid Dog Bites

  Shannon Weidemann | May 31, 2007 10:52 AM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  National Dog Bite Prevention Week was last week and this is a great time to review some tips to avoid being biten by a dog. Common thought is that mail carriers are most at risk, but children are much more likely to receive a dog bite than any other group.  Don't run past a dog. The dog's natural instinct is to chase and catch prey.  If a dog is threatening, don't scream. Avoid eye...