Month: February 2012

Fleeing the Scene of a Dog Attack Can Be a Crime

We all know that a driver who is involved in a motor vehicle collision (with another vehicle or a pedestrian) is required to exchange contact information with other drivers. In some states, the same rules apply to people who own or have custody of an animal that bites a person. Specifically, if the owner or […]
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The Victim Who Wants to Act Nice

I got an email message from a young lady whose face was severely bitten by a girlfriend’s Rottweiler last week. She told me that “a chunk the size of a quarter” was taken out of her cheek, and that her bottom lip was “severed in half and hanging off.” What did she do? Nothing. She […]
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