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Dog bites can be the most traumatic type of personal injury to a child and adults. If you or someone close to you has been the victim of a dog bite in Arizona, you need to hire the services of a good Phoenix personal injury attorney. At the Breyer Law Offices, P.C. you will work with an experienced, aggressive Phoenix personal injury lawyer.
Dog bites are the most vicious types of domestic animal attacks. Studies have shown that the most tragic incidences involved victims who are children. Children tend to become victims because they have either wondered into a yard where a dog is guarding or have been attacked by a dog that is running loose and unattended. However, some of the most tragic cases have been of children who were mauled or killed by their family’s own pets.
Did you know?
These are some facts that were compiled by dog bite legal expert, Richard H. Polsky, Ph.D., CAAB
- According to the American Medical Association, dog bites are the second leading cause of childhood injury, surpassing playground accidents.
- In the United States alone, nearly 2% of the population, that’s 4.5 million people report being bitten by dogs annually. Still
- the majority of all dog bite incidents are not even reported
- to the authorities.
- Two times as many males are bitten versus females.
- In 2003 across the nation, 3,423 postal delivers suffered dog bites.
- Dogs that are licensed with owners are most often the perpetrators versus strays.
- Approximately 20 people die every year as a result of a dog attack in the United States. By far, the majority of the victims are children.
- In 2007 there have been 9 fatal dog bites in the United States so far. This is about 30% of the number of dog bites in The US in 2006, and even less for 2005 and around 40% less than in 2004.
- Of the nine people killed this included 3 adults over age 50 and 6 children ages 18 months to 10 years.
Who is Responsible?
When you are the victim of a dog bite, you may be facing many different obstacles to get your life back to normal. You will have medical bills, you may lose money from time off work, and you may even have to go through psychological counseling. Who will be responsible for these bills? Owners are typically going to be held responsible for the actions of their dogs. However, they will not always be willing to just up and voluntarily compensate the victims fairly. In order to get the compensation that you may be entitled to, you need to have good Phoenix personal injury attorney fighting for you. Call the Breyer Law Offices today. You will work with a Phoenix personal injury lawyer who will work hard to make sure that you receive fair and just compensation for you dog bite personal injury.
Call a Phoenix personal injury attorney at Breyer Law Offices, P.C. today.
Other Arizona Dog Bite Accident Information:
- Arizona Dog Bite FAQs
- Dog Bite Statistics
- Phoenix Child Dog Bite Victims
- Arizona Dog Bite Victim Legal Rights
Please visit our Arizona Dog Bite Website for more information
