Have you or someone you love been involved in a severe or fatal dog attack or mauling? A dog bite victim may, depending on the severity of his or her injury, be entitled to compensation for losses for medical bills, emotional damage, loss of opportunity to earn an income in the future because of disfigurement.
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Dog attacks can be lethal. Our law firm will determine if the dog was bought for the intent of fighting, guarding or protection. We would investigate if the fault of the attack was one of the owner due to: dog allowed to roam freely, chained dog, dogs left unsupervised around children, dogs encouraged to behave aggressively, animal neglect or abuse leading to attack.
In recent years, the dogs responsible for the bulk of the homicides are Pit Bulls, Rottweilers, German Shepherds, Huskies, Alaskan Malamutes, Doberman Pinschers, Chows, Great Danes, St. Bernard's and Akitas. Pit-bull type dogs were involved in approximately a third of human dog bite related fatalities.
If you've been attacked by anyone of these breed of dogs, contact our law office immediately Only an experienced dog bite lawyer can determine if you are eligible for a lawsuit claim. Contact Paul Ajlouny a qualified dog bite lawyer serving dog attack victims in New York. Any delay could affect your ability to collect damages.
Try to identify the dog that bit you and see if you can get the address to the house at which the dog bite occurred. If it's a stray, you could end up having to get rabies treatments, which is very painful. However, if the dog belongs to someone you may not have to get rabies treatment and you also may be eligible for a Personal Injury Lawsuit claim against the owner.
Steps to take if attacked by a vicious dog.
If injured by an animal attack, seek medical attention immediately. After you've received medical attention, try to find out all you can about the dangerous vicious dog in question and it's owner, including whether or not the owner has insurance. Once you've contacted the insurance company, be sure to get a claim number.
Take good pictures of the injuries on the very day of the attack in question and make sure to document the appearance of infections, bite wounds and marks on the face if you were bitten on the face, and other important visual images resulting of the attack.
If there were any witnesses to the animal attack, be sure to get their names and numbers and witness accounts of the attack. The sooner you interview witnesses, the better because memories fade in time and you need the facts as fresh as possible.
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