Posted by Farhan Naqvi | Dog bite, News
Animal attacks account for about a third of homeowners’ insurance claims, roughly $600 million in 2016 alone. Furthermore, the size of the average verdict or settlement has increased 70 percent since 2003, largely due to rising medical costs and the nature of these injuries. Many dog bite victims are either young children or older adults....
Posted by Farhan Naqvi | Dog bite
In 2015, homeowners insurance companies in the United States paid an average of $38,000 per incident to settle dog bite claims. Furthermore, about half of the 885,000 serious injury bite victims were children. The large number of child victims helps explain why the average claim is so high. Most attacking dogs are pit bulls, rottweilers,...
Posted by Farhan Naqvi | Dog bite, Personal Injury
A toddler is recovering from surgery at Children’s’ Mercy Hospital after his jaw was crushed and he received nearly sixty puncture wounds when he was attacked by a neighbor’s dog. The dog attacked the boy after the dog, which after having bit another person in 2014 was declared a dangerous animal, was let into the...
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