Next week is National Dog Bite Prevention Week, May 16-22. This program is created to educate dog owners and help prevent dogs from attacking people and causing injuries. Dog bites can lead to massive lawsuits and also a quarantine of the dog who bit the victim.
There have been many incidents where an owner of a dog has taken many precautions to enclose the dog, but dog is able to get through the fences and injure a person. In these situations the owner is liable for all of the injuries, pain, suffering, and medical bills that are associated with that bite. Dog bites are serious means of injury and that can result in major lawsuits for their owners.
The average settlement for a dog bite injuries is over $16,000. This is because the owner must pay for the medical and hospital bills of the injured victim in addition to other damages. Also, there are situations where the dog or animal has some kind of disease, such as Rabies, which increases the medical care needed for the injuries. In accidents involving children, the victims may have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) resulting in mental instability. This kind of psychological harm is also included in damages awarded by California courts.
If you have been injured by a dog, you might be entitled to recover damages for your injuries. Please contact our office for a free consultation. We take all of our personal injury cases on a contingency basis, that means no upfront fees and we don’t get paid unless we recover money for you.
