How does the law deal with a dog biting a burglar, who has trespassed on your private property?

My dog broke through our fence and attacked a neighbor’s dog while she was out walking her. Her dog survived, I offered to pay the 3700.00 in medicals bills. They have threatened me with a civil suit for damages and pain and suffering on top of that. They also claim that I […]

While doing my regular walk (3rd pass on the street), 2 dogs came out of the gate as I was passing through the front of their house. One of the dogs (boxer) took a bite at me and then both dogs ran back towards their place. The neighbor (mowing the front lawn) helped me by […]

On my third pass in the street while doing my regular walk, 2 dogs came out of the gate as I was passing through the front of their house. I stopped walking when I saw them both charging towards me, one of the dogs (boxer) took a bite at me and then both dogs ran […]

Talbot County, Maryland
We live in a neighborhood of 4 to 5 acre lots. Our neighbor breeds dogs and has 6 to 8 adult dogs at all times. We have one small dog. They have an electric fence but they do not always keep the collars on the dogs. Their pack of dogs will run into […]

If I’m walking by someones house and their dog gets off the leash and bites me on the sidewalk are they held responsible for the dog bite? If so what type of lawyer handles dog bite cases?

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My three-year old daughter was bit by her grandmother’s dog a week ago. It was a deep bite and required very a very traumatic trip to the emergency room with sutures.
My daughter’s father is telling me that I over-reacted and that my daughter would have been fine if I hadn’t taken her to the hospital.
I […]

To all those Pit Bull apologists out there: a 7 year old in Abilene Texas was recently attacked and killed by two pit bulls. A person tried to stop the attack, but the pit bulls were too viscious. I hope this wrongfull death lawsuit has a huge settlement against the dog’s owners.

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My son was bite on December 31, 2007 by a pitbull that lives in our apartment complex. The lease states NO Pitbulls, Rottweilers or dobermen..the one that concerns us is the pitbull. Our lawyer seems to be only wanting to sue the owner of the dog not the corporation or our apartment complex. The lawyer […]

I just read in the local paper that a vicious pit bull attacked 4 horses at a farm in Harford county. One of the horses had to be put down after the dog bit it in the foreleg. The owner of the horses has suffered $1,700 in veterinary fees and the horse that had to […]

I was attacked by a pit bull in Newark New Jersey last week. I was walking past a complex when the dog got away from the owner and bit my leg up pretty bad. When I asked the owner for his name he told me that it wasn’t his dog. I’ve seen this dog before […]

I was bitten by a dog several months ago. I’ve spent close to 2,000 dollars of my own money out of my pocket for an emergency room visit, treatment and other expenses relating to the incident such as time off from work. I called several different attorneys and no one handles these types of cases. […]