Any good injury lawyers here????
08-11-2002, 11:32 AM
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Any good injury lawyers here????
I was at co workers b-day party last night. They let their dog out and I was petting him. All of a sudden, he jumped up and bit my face for no reason. He tore through my lip. The hospital did it's best to stitch it so that my lip lines up straight, but I have to see a plastic surgeon in 10 days. I'm gonna have a permenant scar... that's gotta be worth something, right??? If the dog bites, you don't let him out during a party to run free...!
08-11-2002, 11:56 AM
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I guess it depends on how pissed you are & if you plan to have any further friendly...
relationship with the coworker.It was certainly stupid of them to let the dog out if they knew it bites. People forget that they're animals & you can really never tell what they will do. Feel better!
08-11-2002, 01:33 PM
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Not to play devil's advocate.. But if you are playing with a gun and shoot yourself....
I'm sorry to hear that you got injured and going to have a permanent scare. I know the feeling since my lip had to be restiched back on after falling down a flight of stairs when I was younger.
But anyways, you came to his house with the common sense knowledge that any animal can and does bite and you got bitten. Not to say that the dog owners is not at fault. You put yourself in a position where you ccould and was hurt. I would agree with you if saying you are walking down the street and a dog runs up to you an attacks you.
It like saying that if you cut yourself with a knife from your co-workers kitchen, you can sue him for not warning you that knives can cut you.
I don't mess with animals that I don't know, period..
It just my $ 0.02
But anyways, you came to his house with the common sense knowledge that any animal can and does bite and you got bitten. Not to say that the dog owners is not at fault. You put yourself in a position where you ccould and was hurt. I would agree with you if saying you are walking down the street and a dog runs up to you an attacks you.
It like saying that if you cut yourself with a knife from your co-workers kitchen, you can sue him for not warning you that knives can cut you.
I don't mess with animals that I don't know, period..
It just my $ 0.02
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08-11-2002, 01:36 PM
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I think that you have gone way beyond devil's advocate...
The person should NOT have let the dog out if it bites. Period. Your argument is paramount to "Cars can run over people, if you cross the street and someone hits you, then you should've known."
08-11-2002, 03:23 PM
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Sorry--gotta disagree...if the owner knows that the dog has a propensity to
bite and fails to keep the dog under control then the owner should be (and generally is)held liable. So unless Mike knew that the dog bites and prodded the dog (Mike, did you do that) doesn't sound to me like Mike was at fault.....
08-11-2002, 04:10 PM
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I am not a lawyer nor do I know any good ones in NJ (j.k.) but I am sorry for your
situation. You sure are acting cool about it, from your typing. I would be angry for months.
In my opinion if an unprovoked domesticated animal bites a person and causes harm that animal should be put down.
In my opinion if an unprovoked domesticated animal bites a person and causes harm that animal should be put down.