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Southern California Personal Injury Attorney - Dog Bites

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and others have released a shocking statistic: approximately 4.7 million victims are bitten by a dog each year. Dog bites may require more than medical attention: injuries sustained from dog bites can include death. Bisnar | Chase, LLP has extensive experience with dog bite litigation and can help dog bite victims seek justice under California law.

Dog bites affect multiple groups. However, children are the most likely to face danger from dog bites, comprising an average of 20 out of 25 dog bites annually. Children may not understand that their unpredictable, often loud behavior can alienate and frighten dogs, and their natural curiosity puts them in harm’s way. In fact, the experienced Southern California Personal Injury Attorneys of Bisnar | Chase have noticed an increase in dog bite cases during the month of August, when children are out of school and playing outside.

While any dog can attack or bite a child or adult, it appears that some breeds are more prone to dog bites than others. These include pit bulls, Rottweilers, German Shepherds, Huskies, and Alaskan Malamutes. Pit bull bites have resulted in a significant amount of legislation and media attention in recent years, but Bisnar | Chase represents a large number of Rottweiler cases.

Mail carriers are also at risk for dog bites and sustain about 3,000 dog bites per year as a group. California has the highest rate of dog bites in the country, and over $1 billion is paid out nationwide in insurance claims every year. In California, the following must be proven in order to show liability in a dog bite claim: the defendant owns the dog; the dog bit the plaintiff; the plaintiff was not trespassing on the premises; and the bite caused injury to the plaintiff.

When the experienced Southern California Personal Injury Attorneys of Bisnar | Chase conducts a dog bite investigation, they send an experienced investigator to the site in as little as one hour after the incident, obtaining photographs of the dog and its owner, interviews, witness statements, and documentation of dog bite injuries. This information can be invaluable in successfully litigating your dog bite claim.

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