Dog owners enjoy the benefits of companionship and comfort from their lovable pets, but, under the law, they can also be made to answer for injuries caused by their pet. In other words, owning a dog certainly can have a lot of positive benefits but it also comes with certain legal responsibilities. This is particularly true when the owner’s dog bites and/or attacks a person who, more often than not, is unwary and unsuspecting.
Dog attacks may not seem as fatal as the other classes of personal injury. Still, dog bites and attacks, nonetheless, can cause a variety of injuries needing serious medical assistance, such as:
These are just some of the most common injuries. Apart from these instances of physical harm, dog bites and attacks may also cause trauma and other emotional and mental effects on the person attacked.
Dog owners in Kansas City and other cities in Missouri should know they may face liability for injuries inflicted by their dogs. In addition to common-law claims that can allow the injured party to recover their economic and non-economic damages. Missouri has a strict-liability statute about this. Section 273.036 of the Missouri Revised Statutes partially provides:
Injuries caused by dog bites and attacks are a serious matter and must be dealt with appropriately. Pospisil Swift is here to assist if you are in Kansas City or any of its surrounding areas and need a dog bite attorney, whether as an injured party or a pet owner or possessor. Pospisil Swift prides itself in lawyers and experts with years of experience and vast knowledge in the field of personal injury, and, no doubt, this kind of professional legal assistance and expertise is what you need to further your case.
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