Posts tagged dog bites

• Vicious Dog Is on the Loose

  Rick Patterson | January 29, 2007 10:44 AM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  No doubt, when you own a dog you become very attached to your pet. The dog is a member of the family and the thought of any harm coming to your dog is difficult to even think about. This may be the case for dog owner Pamela E. Thomas. Although unprovoked, her dog Duke bit two people, he was then classified as vicious and was ordered to be put down or turned into a safe house for the safety of...

• Rottweiler Attacks 3-year-old Girl

  Rick Patterson | January 23, 2007 5:08 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  On Monday, in Luce County Circuit Court, Corey Wass pleaded guilty to second-degree child abuse.Iris Wass, who is only 3-years-old, was attacked by a 120 pound Rottweiler. She had cuts and abrasions over 95 percent of her body. At least two of the 11 dog bites went through to the bone. When she arrived at University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor she was admitted in critical condition and...

• Boy Mauled By Neighbor's Rottweilers

  IB Contributor | January 21, 2007 7:18 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  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,...

• Dog Attack on Yarmouth Beach

  Rick Patterson | January 12, 2007 4:43 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  In the UK on January 7, 2007, a Norfolk man was walking his dog near Pleasure Beach. While he was walking, another man came towards him walking two bull terriers that were not on leashes. A viscious dog attack took place when one of the terriers attacked the Norfolk man's dog. The scene became increasingly worse when the owner of the dog being attacked tried to save his dog, causing him to be...

• Toddler Mauled To Death By Uncle's Pit-Bull Terrier

  IB Contributor | January 07, 2007 10:58 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Pit-Bull Terriers and Rottweilers should be treated like a loaded gun.On New Year's Day, a 5- year-old Ellie Lawrenson was mauled to death by her uncle's Pit-Bull Terrier while staying with her grandmother.Tragic and frightening as this death was, what's scarier is that the girl's uncle was warned by authorities about his dog's dangerous behavior six months earlier. Had he heeded that warning, a...

• Dog Bite Statistics

  Rick Patterson | January 02, 2007 2:59 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, each year more than 4.7 million people are bitten by dogs. Given that over 50 percent of all dog bites occur on the dog owner's property, the issue is a major source of concern for insurers.In 2005 dog bites cost insurers $317.2 million. In 2003 the cost was $321.6 million. The cost of an average dog bite went from $16,600 in...

• Preventing Dog Bites

  Greg Owen | December 20, 2006 5:24 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  A little education will go along way in the prevention of dog bites. You may have noticed that stories of dog bites have news a lot lately. The good news is that there is much we can do to prevent an attack. Sometimes, unknowingly, people encourage dog bites. Either because people don't know how to properly behave around dogs, or they think they can do things around a strange dog that they do...

• How to Prevent Dog Bites, For Children and Owners

  Claude Wyle | December 06, 2006 10:52 AM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there is an absolute epidemic of dog bites to children. As dog bite attorneys, we know that most dog bites are preventable, and that what we need is comprehensive dog bite prevention education and greater accountability for the owners of aggressive dogs. Both children and adults need to be trained how to interact with dogs who...

• What Would Happen If You Suffered A Dog Bite?

  Staff Writer | October 05, 2006 6:49 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Fellow InjuryBoard Blogger, New York accident lawyer Jeremy Thurman, has a lighthearted post about his encounter with a neighborhood dog and the thoughts going through his mind as he considered what would happen if he suffered a dog bite. Luckily the dog left Jeremy and his family alone, but Jeremy does cover many things to consider if you are actually bitten by a dog.

• Rottweiler Owner May Face Dog Bite Lawsuit

  Staff Writer | September 16, 2006 1:22 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Residents of a Northern Illinois subdivision are having some problems with a rottweiler running loose in the neighborhood, and several people attended a recent board meeting to voice their concerns. Apparently the dog has charged quite a few people, and the owners, who have been ticketed seven times since 2000 for having a loose dog, are lucky they aren't yet facing a dog bite lawsuit.