Dog Bite Lawyer

Did you know over 885,000 victims of dog bites need medical attention each year in the United States?  And 350,000 of those victims − most often children under 10 years − have injuries so severe they need emergency care or future surgery to avoid disfigurement?  Bite victims, especially children, also may suffer from psychological trauma that lasts a lifetime.

Unfortunately, poorly trained or temperamental dogs can and do cause injuries requiring compensation.  Dog bite victims are compensated similar to other injury victims, and dog owners and their insurance companies may be responsible for:

• Medical expenses for such things as emergency room, hospital stay, doctor visits, psychological counseling, past and future
• Medical expenses for past and future corrective surgery
• Personal property loss, such as clothing, glasses
• Wage loss of a parent caring for an injured child, and potential lost earning capacity of the child
• Pain and suffering
• Damages for permanent scarring, disfigurement, or loss of function
• Loss of companionship