Sustaining an injury from any animal, whether a bear mauling, a cat scratch or a dog bite, can be frightening and quite painful. However, when that injury occurs with an animal that happens to be a pet, the matter becomes very personal. When a pet bites another person, the laws of the state in which it occurred imposes specific penalties. A Dog Bite Attorney Medford MA understands these penalties all too well and suggests that if you are the victim of a dog bite or any pet bite to seek action immediately.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has specific laws regarding animal bites, and in fact, has one of the top laws implemented for the protection of animal bite victims, particularly the young. Because Massachusetts is a strict liability Commonwealth, pet owners have an emphatic responsibility for dog bites. The exceptions to this liability are if the victim was trespassing, teasing the animal, performing cruel acts to the animal or some other negligent act towards the animal. It is assumed that if a child is under the age of seven that he or she cannot reasonably be an offender of such. However, this interpretation of the law can be challenged.
Some states employ the “One-Bite rule” which simply puts in place protection for dog owners who were not aware of their dog’s vicious and/or attacking behavior. Massachusetts insist on the owner bearing responsibility for his or her dog’s behavior. Even still, whether a state abides the One-Bite rule or now, the victim still can show reasons that the attacking animal and his or her owner is at fault.
Dog bites cause more than just physical injury. People suffer emotional trauma at times. If you or a loved one have been bitten by a dog in Malden, Massachusetts or near the area, the Law Offices Of Burton J. Hass provides legal recourse for you to sue for personal injury. Filing a lawsuit will not recover the physical damage incurred in a bite, nor will it absolve the emotional trauma, but you have the right to collect damages. For more information on how to go about this, you can consult a Dog Bite Attorney Medford MA at his website.
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