Category Archives: Dog Bite Injury

Dog Bite at Work

When someone is injured by a coworker while on the job, the injured party is generally limited to benefits under workers' compensation and both employers and co-workers are immune from liability. There are exceptions. An injured worker can sue a co-worker if the coworker is “not in the same employ.” Under case law coworkers are […]

Are Landlords Responsible for a Tenant’s Dog?

If a tenant's guest is injured by the tenant's dog, is the landlord responsible? Will the landlord's insurance pay for the injury? Maybe. Maybe not. A common misperception is that if you are injured on someone else's property, they and/or their insurance are responsible to pay for your injury. But, it is not so simple […]

Tenants’ Dog Bites Visitor during Home Inspection

Shelly’s daughter was considering buying a house. The house was occupied by tenants who kept a Rottweiler-Labrador mixed dog. Shelly accompanied her daughter on an inspection of the house. The tenants had informed the real estate broker that their dog would be closed up in the laundry, which no one should enter. The inspector and […]

Dog Enters Woman’s Home and Severely Injures Her

Sue lives in Pierce County with her service dog Misty. Sue often left her sliding glass door open so Misty could come and go with a neighbor’s dog, named Romeo. Neighbors Shelly and her house-guest owned a pit bull named Betty, and Betty’s mixed-bred offspring, Tank. Betty and Tank were the subjects of several complaints […]

Court of Appeals Rules on Dog Bite Strict Liability Case

Our law firm was not involved in the personal injury lawsuit described in this article. The owner of a dog that bites someone who is “lawfully” on the property of the dog owner is strictly liable for damages caused by the bite. Someone is “lawfully” on the dog owner’s property when he or she is […]

Washington Courts Rule on Landlord Liability for Dog Bite Injury

Our law firm was not involved in the personal injury lawsuit described in this article. A recent Washington Court of Appeals decision considered arguments for landlord liability for dog bite injury. The plaintiff was injured in a common areas by a dog owned by another tenant. The plaintiff claimed that the dog had attacked other […]

Girl Attacked by Customs Dog

A four-year-old girl was bitten and mauled by a US Customs dog recently in the baggage claim area of Dulles airport in our nation’s capital. The dog was being trained by US Customs officials. It unknown why the dog attacked the four-year-old girl, who was treated at a local hospital.