Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

• 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...

• Woman Suffers Pit Bull Bite

  Christina Cole | May 19, 2007 9:13 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  An elderly woman suffered serious injury to her right arm, on Thursday, when she was attacked by pit bull terrier that had bitten her in the past.The attack occurred while the victim was visiting the dog owner's home. It appears the bite was unprovoked whilst the women were chatting in the living room during her visit.The victim was transported to Memorial Hospital in Santa Rosa by ambulance...

• Officers kill pitbull after attack

  IB Contributor | May 10, 2007 7:22 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Two pitbulls attacked an Idaho man Tuesday morning, biting him more than 30 times before they were shot at and subdued by local animal control officers, according to a news report posted on KTVB News' Web site.Officers shot and killed one of the dogs and took another one to the Idaho Humane Society, the article says. Peter Olson said he was attacked by the dogs when he came out of his house to...

• It's no walk in the park, when it's full of dogs

  IB Contributor | March 27, 2007 1:49 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  According to some Washington DC moms, a walk in the part isn't, when the park is full of dogs. One DC mom indicated, "I speak for many of the mothers who are petrified by the dogs that roam Kalorama Park, off-leash". Dogs bite!! Dogs that are off-leash violate DC law . This mom and others like her don't want to be named, and they are afraid to speak out because they worry they will be...

• Parents Sue Over Dog Bite

  Christina Cole | January 31, 2007 7:55 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  Parents of an 8-year-old boy are suing a couple whose 3-year-old Jack Russell Terrier bit their son on the face last February, causing a permanent scar they are claiming will require extensive plastic surgery.The civil suit was filed in Berkshire Superior Court on Tuesday against the dog owners, Kathleen and Robert Horne. Their attorney requested a jury trial for the case and they are seeking...

• Boy Mauled By Neighbor's Rottweilers

  IB Contributor | January 21, 2007 7:18 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  A 9-year-old boy is in hospital and in need of plastic surgery after being attacked by three of his neighbor's Rottweilers, that chased him into his home, according to a BBC News report. The dogs, a neighbor's pets, were supposed to be secured in the neighbor's kitchen, but somehow escaped from the house and attacked the boy. The child, who suffered more than a dozen bite wounds to his face,...

• Victims Dog Attacks Assailant

  Susy Owen | November 30, 2007 3:30 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Everyone's nightmare came to a South Austin woman's front door on November 11. When she heard a knock on her door, she opened it only to find a stranger who forced his way inside her home and pinned her against a wall. Once he had her pinned against the wall, he put a hunting knife to her throat. " The woman did not know the man, but he made a comment to her about her boyfriend, who had just...

• Pit Bull Attacks Family

  Susy Owen | November 16, 2007 7:50 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  It has been said that the owner of a pit bull that attacked an innocent family took every precaution to keep the dog on his property. It has also been said that the pit bull found a low spot in the fence. At the risk of sounding harsh, if every precaution had actually been taken, the dog should not have been able to escape through a "low point" in the fence. In fact, there should not have been...

• 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...

• 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...