After a serious dog bite, one of the first questions injured people ask is not about legal doctrine. It is about money. Who will pay the medical bills? Will the victim have to sue the dog owner personally? What happens if the owner is a friend, neighbor, or family member? What if the dog owner ... Read More
After a serious dog attack, one of the first questions an injured person or family member may ask is, “How much is my dog bite case worth?” It is a reasonable question. A dog attack can result in emergency medical treatment, surgery, permanent scarring, nerve damage, missed time from work, emotional trauma, and months or ... Read More
After a dog attack, medical treatment and recovery understandably become the immediate priorities. Filing deadlines may seem like something that can be addressed later, particularly when an insurance company is already investigating the claim or discussing a possible settlement. That assumption can be dangerous. New York imposes statutes of limitations and, in certain cases, additional ... Read More
A New York dog bite case does not begin and end with reporting the incident to an insurance company. A successful claim is generally built through a series of steps that begin immediately after the attack and continue while medical treatment, liability investigation, insurance analysis, damages documentation, settlement negotiations, and, when necessary, litigation move forward. ... Read More
New York dog bite claims do not always fit neatly within the general filing rules that apply to an ordinary adult personal injury case. Some claims involve young children. Others involve legally incapacitated adults, an unknown dog owner, ongoing insurance negotiations, or injuries whose full consequences do not become clear until months after the attack. ... Read More
A dog bite claim involving a municipality, public authority, New York State, or another governmental entity can be very different from an ordinary claim against a private dog owner. Many injured people know that New York personal injury claims are often associated with a three-year statute of limitations and assume the same deadline applies whenever ... Read More