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Premise Liability Claims – Pit Bulls, Attacks, Maulings and Killings
A few years ago it seemed whenever we filed dog bite cases we'd get contacted by local owners of vicious dogs along with the national and local dog owner's association, who would tell us we had it all wrong. They would then go on ad nauseam about how a 4-year-old had teased the dog and that the mauling of a toddler was somehow justified. As if the 4-year-old should have known better and that parents who allowed their children to play outside in their own yards, were somehow bad parents. Give me a break. I'd listen to them just for the pleasure of knowing how moronic my opponents were. For several years I haven't had to put up with this nonsense and it seemed like the number of attacks has been decreasing or at least these stories were out of the news. But this week it seems like the tide has finally come back ashore - there is even the ring tone Rottweiler dog attack.
KCCI-TV 8 has a story, "More Pit Bull Attacks Reported", March 4, 2011 with video, detailing how four dogs are dead and two people are injured from bites by vicious dogs. And then there is March 4, 2011: Owner: Pit Bulls Killed My Dog.
If you're interested in how many pit bull attacks, maulings and killings there are here are a few suggested sites to check out.
DogsBite.org - The victim photographs on this site are really horrible so use caution when opening this site.
Dangerous Dogs by dogbite.org.
Legal Tip-Advice
- 1. If you're attacked by a vicious dog hire a lawyer because the insurance company is not your friend; far from it.
- 2. If you're attacked by a vicious animal take photographs of the injury.
- 3. If attacked go to the pound and take a video of the dog to show it's viscious nature, before it's put down.
- 4. Check with the local police and the neighbors to get witness names and the dates of other attacks by the same dog.
- 5. Contact your own insurance company and file a claim.
- 6. Carry insurance on your rental property to cover this type of claim.
- 7. Report all attacks to the proper authorities.
- 8. Do not confront a viscous animal.
- 9. Do not talk with the dog's owner before hiring a lawyer.
- 10. Keep your young children away from these creatures.
News stories include:
1 dog shot, 2 euthanized after fight
...One dog was shot by police and two others were euthanized last week following a dog attack in Ankeny.
from DesMoinesRegister.com - NEWS - Mar 4, 2011 (yesterday)
Pit bulls found standing over dead dog
...take her dog for a walk Thursday morning discovered her pet dead in its pen with two stray pit bull terriers standing over it.
from DesMoinesRegister.com - NEWS - Mar 4, 2011 (yesterday)
Pit bulls attack, kill Des Moines couple's dog
...take her dog for a walk this morning discovered her pet dead in its pen with two stray pit bull terriers standing over it.
from DesMoinesRegister.com - NEWS - Mar 3, 2011 (2 days ago)
Owner: Pit Bulls Killed My Dog
...Des Moines dog owner said two pit bulls attacked and killed her dog on Thursday.
from Des Moines, IA news from WHO-TV- msnbc.com - Mar 4, 2011 (yesterday)
Owner: Pit Bulls Killed My Dog
...Des Moines dog owner said two pit bulls attacked and killed her dog on Thursday.
from KCCI.com - Local News - Mar 4, 2011 (yesterday)
Mount Pleasant council spares dog spooked by ring tone
...A dog whose attack on a friend of its owner was apparently triggered by a cell phone ring tone has been given another chance to stay in Mount Pleasant.
from DesMoinesRegister.com - NEWS - Mar 1, 2011 (4 days ago)
Owner: Cell Phone Ring Tone Triggered Dog Attack
...A dog whose attack on a friend of its owner was apparently triggered by a cell phone ring tone has been given another chance to stay in Mount Pleasant.
from KCCI.com - Local News - Feb 28, 2011 (5 days ago)
Grand jury indicts Miss. dog owner on manslaughter charges in ...
The Republic - 1 day ago A Pontotoc County man has been indicted in the death of a neighbor attacked by pit bulls. A special grand jury returned the indictment of manslaughter ...
Pit Bull Attacks Baltimore Police Officer
Officer.com - 3 days ago. Baltimore County police are searching for a white pit bull that was involved in an attack on a police officer in the Towson area on Monday. ...
Owner Charged After Pit Bull Attacks Child
WJAC Johnstown - 2 days agoPolice have charged an Altoona woman in connection with a pit bull attack in February that left a 10-year-old boy seriously injured. ...
Man rescues woman, pet from pit bull attack
HollandSentinel.com - Dennis R.J. Geppert - 1 day ago23, he saw a pit bull was attacking the border collie and the woman was screaming for help. "I just jumped in between the dogs and the pit bull backed off," ...
Pit Bulls Attack Evansville Woman
Tristatehomepage.com - Drew Gardner - Feb 25, 2011FOX 7 has received at least two other calls this week from viewers complaining that stray pit bulls have attacked their dogs. Friday morning's attack seemed ...
Woman charged in pit bull attack
Altoona Mirror - 2 days agoAn Altoona woman was charged Monday after police said her pit bull attacked a 10-year-old Juniata boy Feb. 18 at her residence. Tiffany M. Ellis, 29, ...
Bail raised for man accused of ordering dog attack
Buffalo News - Thomas J. Prohaska - 1 day agoLOCKPORT - Teron Moore, a Niagara Falls man accused of bringing a pit bull dog to his ex-girlfriend's home and ordering it to attack ...
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