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Everything you need, right now! Download immediately after purchase!
A Complaint with multiple causes of action, 90 interrogatories, 57 categories of documents, a 50-topic deposition of the dog owner, minors compromise petition and order, automated documents, and much more -- now, this is how you beat the opposition!
The Dog Bite Litigation Forms will save you hours of legal research and typing. The Deposition Outline, for example, will cut 90% off your preparation time. Most important, it will ensure a winning, comprehensive approach to your dog bite case!
Hit them hard and keep them running! This is the
complete set of the litigation forms written by Kenneth Phillips, the author of Dog Bite Law.
They are the same forms that are used by him and the lawyers who work with him on dog bite cases throughout the United States.
Here are some comments by attorneys who are using the forms: "A masterful job of drafting." "Immensely valuable." "Your deposition outline enabled me to prepare in just one hour." "When the case was over, the defense attorney said I really knew what I was doing -- but this was my first dog bite case!"
Additionally, if you are a WordPerfect user, there are two sets of automated documents that will completely change how you plead a case, do the discovery, and draft the minors compromise petition and order.
Also, you will receive two important chapters from Dog Bite Law, the upcoming book by Mr. Phillips. Remedies in Dog Bite Cases lays out the causes of action available to dog bite victims. This is the unabridged version of the article published in ATLA Trial Magazine under the name, Put Some Teeth In Your Dog Bite Claim (Feb. 2006). You will learn about a whole range of dog-bite-related torts, like infliction of emotional distress and failing to provide evidence of rabies vaccinations.
And, you will get Taking the Dog Owners Deposition, which will help you construct a focused, hard-hitting oral examination of the defendant dog owner and any harborer or keeper of the dog.
Add it up: with these chapters and the litigation forms themselves, your cases will speed forward with confidence and power!
The forms include all of the following:
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Complaint |
Six causes of action
specific to dog bite cases, on behalf of the bite victim and bystanders,
against the dog owner, landlord and any negligent parties, including:
Negligence
Strict Liability Based on Common Law
Strict Liability Based on Dog Bite Statute
Negligence Per Se Based on Violation of Leash Law
Landlord Liability
Infliction of Emotional Distress on Bystander |
Interrogatories |
A master set of more than 90 interrogatories covering all of the key issues in dog bite cases, plus a set of 25 for jurisdictions that limit the number that can be used. Topics include:
Description of the attacking dog
Health of dog
Prior biting history of dog
Complaints by animal control and other third parties
Muzzling and segregation of dog
Dog fighting and guard dog training
Signage at dogs residence
Identification of breeder, trainer, veterinarian, and a dozen other third parties who may have information about dog
Insurance coverage
Surveillance, witnesses, statements
Relevant documents
Joint tortfeasors
Failure to admit in response to Request for Admissions
Facts, witnesses and documents relied on in Answer to Complaint ... and much more |
Demand for Inspection
of Documents |
Fifty-seven categories of documents, including:
Animal control department investigations, citations, orders, and dog court proceedings
Evidence of dog ownership
Health records of the attacking dog
Records of other bites and dangerous propensities
The training of the dog
Insurance and coverage disputes
Documents that establish the basis for denying any Request for Admission
Documents that establish the basis for an affirmative defense
Photographs of the attacking dog ... and much more |
Request
for Admissions |
Twenty-one admissions that establish key facts, eliminate common defenses, and alert you to the real issues in a case:
Ownership of the attacking dog
No warning to the victim
No provocation by the victim
No negligence on the part of the victim
No assumption of risk
No exceptions to liability
Victim had permission to pet or play with dog
The dog previously bit another person and that dog owner knew it
The dog bit the victim ... and much more |
Deposition
Outlines -
Owner and Witness |
The owner's outline is 29 pages in length, covering over 50 topics. It's all here. All you do is eliminate what you don't need.
The witness' outline has 11 pages and 17 topics. It's all here. It's all essential.
The topics covered in the dog owner's outline include:
Experience with dogs
Breeding of dog
Prior owner of the attacking dog
Why this dog was selected
What the witness knew about the breed
Establishing ownership and joint ownership
Training of dog
Veterinarian and others who know dog
Knowledge that the breed is unsafe
Health history of the dog
Manner of keeping the dog, abuse of dog
Fences, gates, signs, warnings
Viciousness of the dog
Complaints from neighbors about dog
Treatment of dog on the date of the attack
What the witness did on the date of the attack
Temperament of attacking dog
Socialization of dog
Behavior of dog immediately prior to attack
Prior experience of victim with the attacking dog
Behavior of the victim on the date of the attack
Warnings and assumption of risk
How the attack began, what happened during it
What the deponent did during and after attack
What the witnesses did during and after attack
Respondeat superior
Statements of the parties
The dog after the attack
Preventative measures before and after the attack
Animal control investigation, quarantine, orders
... and much more |
Demand for Inspection
of Premises |
A demand for inspection of the location of the accident, the signs and warnings posted there, and the path where the victim walked before being mauled. |
Combined Discovery Document |
A single discovery document that combines the Request for Admissions, Demand for Production of Documents, and 25 Interrogatories. This method of discovery is permitted in some states; we have put it all together for you. |
Expert Witness
Disclosure |
A thorough description of the opinions of several essential expert witnesses retained by the plaintiff, in a dog bite case involving a minor. Includes not only the opinions but also what they will be based upon. There is an RTF copy-and-paste template as well as a WordPerfect merge file, so these documents case be used in any word processor, including Word and WP users. |
Minors Comp Petition
and Order |
Two of the most difficult and dangerous documents in a dog bite case are the Petition and Order Approving Minors Compromise (structured settlement). The insurance industry is using forms that will destroy the tax benefits that your client expects and deserves. To draft the documents yourself, you have to know what the insurance industry tricks are, learn some tax law, have familiarity with annuities, and know what the courts want to see. These documents save you from all that work and worry. They require only that you fill in the blanks, after which you will have a great draft needing just the procedural language required under your local or state rules. |
List of Possible
Witnesses |
Twenty-six
people and categories of people who may have information about the
attacking dog. |
WP Merge Files for
Automatic Drafting |
WordPerfect users have the option of using the fast and powerful merge versions of the litigation forms. One merge document creates a Complaint, Special Interrogatories, Request for Production, and Request for Admissions in less than 5 minutes. The other drafts the Petition for Approval of Minors Compromise (structured settlement) and Order Approving Compromise in just 15 minutes, two of the most technically demanding documents in a dog bite case. These incredible timesavers require only that you are familiar with the WP merge function or willing to learn it -- and it is simple to learn. |
Supplemental Discovery
(CA Only) |
California lets a party serve a single interrogatory and demand for production that require the opponent to supplement prior answers. These documents are powerful in the litigation, and easy to use. Unlike the other documents in the Dog Bite Litigation Forms, these two are only for California cases. |
Get It Now and Start Using It Today
Download these forms right now and start using them immediately. After you pay, please remember to click on the button that says "Return to Law Offices of Kenneth Morgan Phillips." That is the law office of Attorney Kenneth Phillips, the author of Dog Bite Law. When you click that button, you will see the link to your forms!
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