Treating Personal Injury Personally
Every day, more than 1,000 people are rushed to the emergency room following a dog bite. Many times, due to the serious nature of their injuries, these victims require follow-up medical care or rehabilitative therapy. As a result, the average hospital bill in these cases easily eclipses $18,000, which is about 50 percent higher than the bill for other injury-related…
One of the first major animal attacks of the year occurred at a North Side grade school. A pit bull and Chihuahua found a gap in a newly-erected fence and entered the school yard while children were at recess. The dogs went on a rampage, biting three children and scratching another one. According to a district spokesperson, some of the…
Texas insurance companies paid over $10 million to resolve dog bite claims with an average value of over $16,000 per claim, according to a recent survey. Across the country, about a third of homeowners’ insurance claims arise from dog bites. Researchers speculate that the high numbers are because about two-thirds of American households have at least one pet. Furthermore, jury…
An unknown street vigilante has apparently taken the law into his or her own hands near Lackland Air Force Base in southwest San Antonio in a bloody campaign against dog bites and the owners that cause them. At least two unattended dogs were the victims of a machete or large knife attack. One was rescued and transported to an animal…
What does a 150-year-old negligence case from Massachusetts have to do with car wrecks in San Antonio? Brown v. Kendall may have been the first appearance of the “reasonable person” standard in American tort law. According to trial testimony, the defendant, Mr. Kendall, used a walking stick to separate two fighting dogs. While waving the stick, he accidentally hit Mr.…
Summer is here and that means more people enjoying outdoor activities. Children are out of school and neighborhood streets are busy with activity. It also means more people, both children and adults, are at a greater risk of being bitten by a dog. According to statistics from the Center of Disease Control (CDC), every year almost 4.5 million people are…
Dogs can be friendly and many love when people pet them and play with them, but if a dog is mistreated or in a bad mood, he or she can become very dangerous. Dogs are just like any other animal in that they will do what it takes to protect themselves and their families from harm, and their weapons are…
Many families choose to get pets for their children as a way of teaching them responsibility. As with most other choices, though, there is a good and a bad side to getting a family dog. Dogs can be loving and protective companions, but they can also turn out to be very dangerous if they are angered, resulting in victims suffering…
According to the CDC, around 800,000 Americans seek medical attention each year because of dog attacks. See Center for Disease Control, Dog Bite: Fact Sheet. While it is true that most dogs do not are a danger to people, it is also true that dogs can cause serious bodily injury, especially to those most vulnerable, like children and the elderly.…
The warm days of summer mean more time spent outdoors for families, children, and their canine companions. Unfortunately, a lovely day can quickly take an ugly turn when people, and especially children, get bitten by a dog. Sources say that the number of dog bite incidents is higher during summer months than it is during the rest of the year.…
