Each year millions of people are bitten by dogs. Some require medical attention. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), dog bites are a national epidemic, proximately 386,000 of those injured required emergency medical treatment and some have died as a result of such attacks.
In California, a dog owner is legally responsible (“liable”) for all injuries and damages caused by his or her dog’s attack. This is true even if it was the first time the dog had ever attacked anyone and had never shown any sign of aggressiveness. A dog owner is responsible for the dog attack even if the attack occurred on the owner’s own property. Anyone who is on the dog owner's property, including a postman or a meter reader from the gas company may look to the dog owner for compensation for their injuries that resulted from the dog attack. Most of the time, the dog owner's Homeowners Insurance Policy will cover the expenses and injuries suffered by the injured party.
Some dog attacks are relatively minor in nature and only require initial emergency treatment while some dog bites are referred to as maulings and require reconstructive surgeries and physiological treatment to deal with the emotional trauma and the fear that resulted from the dog attack.
TOREM & ASSOCIATES has worked with many dog attack victims and health care facilities all over California and we can refer you for the treatment that is right for you and it will NOT cost you any money up front.
Should you or a loved one be attacked by a dog, please do the following:
- Seek immediate medical attention,
- Call the police and animal control,
- Insist the police take a report,
- Insist the dog be quarantined and examined for rabies,
- If the dog cannot be located or captured, note a description of the animal,
- Note the name and address of the dog’s owner if possible,
- Note the name and address of witnesses,
- Take pictures of your injuries,
- Preserve any evidence: keep your clothing, medical records, names and phone numbers of any officers that came to the scene,
- Contact TOREM & ASSOCTIATES immediately.
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