Our Pittsburgh lawyers regularly advise victims of a dog bites at every stage, including how to report a dog bite to authorities right up through settlement or trial of the civil case for compensation for injuries. We also attend criminal hearings related to the attack that caused our client’s injuries. The…
Canine Knocks Over & Drags Dog Walker: Dog Owner Liable PA?
Dog Owner Liable: Canine Knocks Over and Drags Dog Walker As you might expect, in Pennsylvania, the negligent owner of a dangerous dog can be liable for failing to control the animal or warn others of its dangerous propensities. You’re thinking – dog bite, right? Nope. Liability can exist absent…
Defense Perspective: Taking Dog Bite Cases to Verdict
Our Pittsburgh dog bite lawyers primarily represent individuals (including an adult or child) attacked by a canine. That said, many of our lawyers have also defended high-value (multi-million dollar) cases all the way to verdict. So what about the defense perspective? Can a defendant sued for money ever win? The answer…
Selecting The Right Dog Leash
Proper Dog Restraint on Walks With the Western Pennsylvania weather warming, many are taking their pooch for walks more often, versus letting the dog do its business within a fenced-in yard. One thing people don’t realize is, dog bite incidents often occur while a dog is on a leash. Take…
Dog Bites: 6 (Bad) Defenses to Injury Claims in PA
Our Pittsburgh Lawyers have heard it all over 24+ years! We’ve encountered nearly every defense imaginable to a dog bite injury claim in Western Pennsylvania. Below is a partial list of some of the more interesting assertions made, by people trying to escape liability for injuries resulting from an animal…
Delivery Driver | Dog Bite Claims & Defenses in PA
Compensation For Dog Bites of Delivery Drivers A dog owner may be liable for dog bite or attack on a delivery driver in PA. Pittsburgh ranks in the top 20 cities in the United States for dog bites on post office mail carriers. Plus, the home delivery business is booming…
How Much is It Worth?
What is The Value of a Dog Bite Claim in PA? Each Pittsburgh lawyer in our dog bite firm is honest and forthright about our evaluation of each dog bite case. So how much is each animal attack claim worth? The truth is. It depends.No two dog bite cases are…