Posts tagged dog bites

• Have a Dog? Protect Yourself, Your Loved Ones, and Your Friends and Neighbors

  Mark Bello | September 29, 2010 7:10 PM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Do you have a dog? Do you have homeowners insurance? If you answered yes to both questions, listen up. According to the Insurance Information Institute, more than one third of all homeowners claims...

• Preventing and Treating Dogbites

  Tim Smith | November 30, 2007 9:14 AM | 0 CommentsTraverse City, MI Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Every year, almost 5 million Americans are bit by dogs. Over 800,000 of these individuals suffer injuries that require medical treatment and 44% of those that require treatment are younger than 14 years of age. Since more than half of the reported attacks are by dogs owned by the family or neighbor of the victim and the most common victims are children, it's important for parents to understand...

• Dog Bite Lawsuit Results In Verdict For Young Child

  Tim Smith | October 24, 2007 3:07 PM | 0 CommentsGrand Rapids, MI Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  The family of a young boy who was the victim of a dog attack in Mother's Day 2005 recently received a $850,000 jury award, which included $500,000 in punitive damages due to the negligence of the dog owner. The 100-pound Rottweiler left permanent scarring on the child's back and hips.The jury deliberated for less than three hours before awarding Keeton Manguso and his mother $856,000, which...

• Dog Shot by Salem Police Officer

  Shannon Weidemann | October 12, 2007 10:43 AM | 0 CommentsGrand Rapids, MI Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  A police officer in Salem was forced to shot a dog as it tried to attack him. A person had received a dog bite by from the dogs and police were called in to investigate. He was in his police cruiser when two barking dogs saw a girl enter the alley. He got out of his car and tried to direct the dogs in his direction. "When he yelled, the larger and clearly more aggressive of the two dogs,...

• No Charges Filed in York Dog Attack

  Shannon Weidemann | October 11, 2007 11:18 PM | 0 CommentsTraverse City, MI Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  A dog attacked and bit a politician going door to door in a neighborhood in York County. The District Attorney has decided that no charges will be filed against the dog owner. The owner of the dog wanted charges filed against the politician for trespassing because she came to the backdoor. Buster, an 8-year-old pit bull, attacked Caldwell around 6 p.m. Saturday after the candidate went to the...

• Detroit Dog Attack Injures Child

  Larry Buckfire | September 17, 2007 11:10 AM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  A 13 year old boy suffered serious injuries last week in a Detroit, Michigan dog bite attack. He was attacked and bitten by a neighbor's dog crashed through a fence and attacked the child. He suffered significant injuries from the dog bites to his leg, which required surgery at Children's Hospital of Michigan. The neighbor and owner of the dog apparently knew of the broken gate before the...

• Michigan Dog Bite Attacks Kill Two People(2)

  Larry Buckfire | September 14, 2007 4:38 PM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Two Michiganders, a 91 year old man and a 56 year old woman, were mauled to death by a pack of bulldogs the other day in a Michigan dog attack case. Ten bulldogs were seized by Livingston County Animal Control officers after the deadly attacks in rural Iosoco Township. Funerals are being arranged for both victims.Under Michigan law, the owners of the dogs are strictly liable for the deaths of...

• Michigan Dog Bite Attacks Kill Two People(3)

  Larry Buckfire | September 14, 2007 4:38 PM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Two Michiganders, a 91 year old man and a 56 year old woman, were mauled to death by a pack of bulldogs the other day in a Michigan dog attack case. Ten bulldogs were seized by Livingston County Animal Control officers after the deadly attacks in rural Iosoco Township. Funerals are being arranged for both victims.Under Michigan law, the owners of the dogs are strictly liable for the deaths of...

• Dog Bite Verdict of $3.7 Million in Florida

  Larry Buckfire | August 16, 2007 7:45 AM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  A significant verdict was handed down recently in a dog bite case in Delray Beach, Florida. The 38 year old victim worked as a housekeeper and is now unable to work because of the brutal dog attack. The verdict totaled approximately $3,700,000.00. My firm handles a significant number of dog bite and dog attack cases here in Michigan. The injuries are often quite severe and range from...

• Postal Carrier Injured in Dog Attacks

  Larry Buckfire | May 19, 2007 9:12 AM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  The U.S. Postal Service has stopped delivering mail in a certain Northwest Detroit neighborhood because a postal carrier was viciously attacked twice by different dogs. Dog attacks and dog bite cases are not new to mail carriers and postal workers who walk through neighborhoods daily and have to fend off stray dogs. Owners of dogs who run stray and injure others are negligent under both state...