How Your Dog Bite Claim Is Evaluated

PA Dog Bite Lawyer Calculating lost wages

An experienced dog bite attorney in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania like Jeffrey Harlan Penneys, Esq., evaluates your case during his free dog bite case review. He takes into account a number of important facts about your claim:

  1. The nature and severity of your injuries and whether there will be permanent scarring or disfigurement.
  2. The location where the dog bite incident took place.
  3. The date of the incident. This will help determine if the 2-year statute of limitation has expired.
  4. The identity and address of the dog’s owner(s).
  5. Any knowledge/information about the dog’s history of previous attacks.
  6. Whether you reported the attack to the police, the Division of Disease Control, or animal authorities.
  7. Details about any medical treatment you received immediately following the attack.

Does Your Claim Satisfy The Conditions Pennsylvania’s Dog Bite Laws? 

Jeffrey H. Penneys will examine your claim to ensure that it satisfies the terms outlined in the Pennsylvania statutes and case law.  

According to the current statutes, the dog owner is liable for a dog bite or dog attack if the attack took place on public property or if the victim was lawfully on the private premises where he or she was bitten. This means that you cannot have been trespassing for any reason when the incident took place. 

It must be proven that the dog bite victim did not provoke the dog in any way prior to being bitten or attacked. The case will not be viable if the victim physically abused the dog or touched it despite the warnings of its owner.

Initiating The Claims Process

You do not necessarily have to incur severe injuries to file a claim for damages. Even minor lacerations, bite marks and puncture wounds can be a viable claim, if the owner or handler was clearly negligent. During the consultation, J.H. Penneys advises dog bite victims how their claim will be processed and compensation pursued. 

If dog bite victims retain J.H. Penneys as their dog bite lawyer, letters of representation are sent to the dogs’ owners which officially notify them about claims brought against them due to injuries caused by their dogs. J.H. Penneys also identifies himself as the legal representative of the dog bite victims and requests that the dogs’ owners report the claim to their homeowner’s insurance carriers.  

Once the dog owners are notified about the claim being filed against them, insurance companies normally contact J.H. Penneys within a month. Following that, our office begins the process of reaching amicable resolutions with the insurance companies as promptly as possible.  

If you have been bitten by a dog in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, find out what your rights are as a dog attack victim. Contact Jeffrey Harlan Penneys, Esq. 24/7 to evaluate your case. Your initial consultation and case evaluation will be free of charge. Call us at 215-771-0430 or send us a message by completing our brief online contact form.  Remember, it costs the same to hire a good Philadelphia dog bite accident lawyer as it does to hire a poor one.

Talk to your Pennsylvania Dog Bite Lawyer 24/7

Please fill out the contact form below or contact us on 215-771-0430

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

More Posts