Wisconsin Injury Lawyers: Dog Bites
A dog bite can cause lifelong physical and psychological scars. The victims of dog attacks are often vulnerable people — especially children. At Action Law Offices in Racine and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, our personal injury attorneys can help you pursue a claim for expenses and suffering caused by the attack.
Injured by a Dog Bite? Call Action Law Offices.
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Our personal injury lawyers often hear that a particular dog "has never bitten anyone before." By Wisconsin law, that does not matter. Wisconsin has strict liability laws regarding dog bites. The second time a dog attacks someone, the damages are doubled.
- Dog bite physical injuries include scars, lacerations, permanent disfigurement and nerve damage. A dog will often latch onto a child's face or throat and cause facial lacerations. A dog tore the tear ducts of one little girl we represented. Postal workers and other delivery employees are often attacked on the arms or legs. Medical issues include infections, nerve damage, lacerations, scars and permanent disability.
- The memory of a dog attack causes emotional trauma. Especially when the victim is a child, a dog bite can lead to nightmares, a fear of all dogs and disfigurement that leads to emotional stress. The dog bite victim may need psychological treatment in addition to medical treatment.
- "But the dog is a family pet …" Many dog bite victims hesitate to make a claim because the dog belongs to a relative or friend. At our law firm, we have one overriding concern — the best interests of the victim, especially when that victim is a child. The victim needs medical and psychological treatment and compensation for pain and suffering.
We have handled a variety of cases involving dogs and personal injury. When one client walking his pet was attacked by another dog, the attacking dog's owner was held accountable. When a dog ran in front of our client's motorcycle, the animal was killed and the motorcyclist was disabled. The dog's owner was held accountable.
If your child or another family member was injured by a dog, you can focus on medical care — including critical rabies testing — and hand over the concerns about legal matters to the personal injury attorneys at Action Law Offices.
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