A woman has filed a personal injury lawsuit against local Chicago businessman Richard Duchossois for neck injuries she suffered riding horseback at a charity event. The woman claims that Mr. Duchossois and the owners of the horse were negligent in controlling the horse when it charged and struck the woman violently. The personal injury lawsuit alleges five counts of negligence.
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While she was walking her own dog down the street, a Midwest woman suffered personal injuries from a pit bull dog bite on the hand. The pit bull was found by two teenage boys who had the pit bull on a leash while trying to find its owner. The pit bull saw the woman and her dog from across the street, managed to break free from the boys’ control, and began attacking the woman’s dog. When the woman tried to pry the dogs apart, the pit bull bit the woman’s hand, causing injuries that have since prevented the woman from working at her factory job. The injuries to the woman’s dog were also severe, including deep fang groove marks and bites to her hind leg, tail, and between her shoulders.
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While talking a walk last December, a Virgnia woman was attacked by two pitbulls near the home of the dogs' owner. The dog bite injury required reconstructive surgery and a series of rabies shots. For failing to control his dogs, the owner of the two pitbulls has been sentenced to six months in prison. The woman is also filing a personal injury lawsuit, seeking $1,000,000 for her medical bills, pain, and suffering.
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A Pennsylvania woman who was bitten by a dog when she was 11 years old has recently filed a personal injury suit against the dog's owners. Although the statute of limitations in Pennsylvania normally requires that the suit be filed within two years of the dog bite, the fact that the victim was a minor permits her to file suit within two years of becoming 18 years old. The victim was 19 years old at the time she filed suit.
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A man who was attacked in his own backyard by an Akita has recently filed a personal injury suit. The man was playing catch with his daughter when two dogs entered his yard. Unprovoked, the dog bit the man's hand, creating puncture wounds that required forty stitches and extensive rehabilitation. The dogs were neither fenced in nor put on a leash, which enabled them to roam the six miles from their home to the site of the dog bite.
In addition to recovering for his mental and physical recovery, the man hopes that the personal injury lawsuit will create awareness that owners of potentially dangerous dogs need to be responsible in preventing dog bites.
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A woman who was mauled by her dog is suing the animal’s former owner. The former owner alleged that he gave valium to the dog to prevent it from becoming ill during the woman’s trip home. However, the current owner claims the valium given to the dog deceived her into thinking the pet was docile and kind. When the medication wore off, the animal attacked her and showed its true nature. The injuries suffered were so severe that the dog owner claimed, “I have an identical twin sister and I don’t look like her anymore.” Animal bites are ever the more dangerous not only because the victim can suffer catastrophic injuries from the actual attack, but they may also contract deadly diseases.
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