Money for Dog Bite

When my wife was bit by a dog recently we really need to get money to pay for the medical bills that resulted from the dog bite. Getting money for a dog bite is not something pleasant at all and we had to get an attorney to help us get it. What we discovered is that if you are in need of legal advice or services, or simply wish to speak to an attorney who has successfully handled a dog bite injury case in your state and gotten money for a dog bite, there are free consultation services and there are ways to get in touch with a dog bite lawyer that can help you. What we also learned is that in most states a victim can recover compensation from a dog owner because of the state's "dog bite statute." Generally, dog bite statutes make a dog owner responsible for all bites, even if the dog never bit anyone before. The fact that a dog does not have prior attacks, or that the owner has no awareness of a dog's viciousness is not determinative in a dog bite lawsuit or to you being able to get money due to the dog bite.

Sometimes a victim can recover compensation from people who, at first glance, might appear to have little to do with the dog. For example, a landlord might be liable if he knows that a tenant keeps a dog that bites people, provided that the landlord has the legal power to get rid of the tenant. Or a day care center might be liable for permitting someone with a large, aggressive dog to allow it onto the premises. Again while it may sound abusive to try and get money for a dog bite what happened to my wife was much more abusive and traumatic and all the time and expense we had to invest into get her body patched up if we hadn’t received any money to compensate it would have made the situation doubly abusive.