If you are injured by a dog on the dog owner's property, you may be able to make a claim
against the dog owner under the Occupiers Liability Act.
Not exact matches
This was due to the response of the
owners of the attacking
dog, who in some cases used verbal abuse
against blind & partially sighted people, some appeared to be
under the influence of drink or drugs and in one case the
owner of an aggressive
dog laughed at a guide
dog owner during an attack on his guide
dog.
The Staffordshire Bull Terrier
owner / breeder / exhibitor shall NEVER,
under any circumstances, condone, support, or ignore the practice of pitting a
dog against any other animals in a fight for pleasure or profit.
Before a license is issued for any
dog, the
owner must certify
under penalty of perjury that the
dog has been vaccinated
against rabies.
A crackdown is beginning on Volusia County
dog and cat
owners who have not licensed and vaccinated their pets
under a 2 - year - old animal control ordinance, animal control officers said.Bill Foster, animal control director, said that so far no one has been prosecuted for failing to license a
dog or cat or for not having the animal inoculated
against rabies.
Under California Civil Code, Section 3342, a civil claim may be filed
against the
owner of a
dog when that
dog causes injury to a person, and when the injured person was either in a public place, or was in a private place (lawfully) when the bite occurred.
Under Colorado law, if you were injured due to a
dog bite, you likely have the right to pursue a claim for compensation or damages
against the
dog's
owner.
Ordinarily,
dog bite cases in Massachusetts will be
against the
owner of the
dog under strict liability principles pursuant to Massachusetts law.
The attorneys at Breakstone, White & Gluck have decades of experience handling
dog bite and animal attacks, not just
against the
owners of the animals, but also
against negligent property
owners under theories of premises liability.