May 2025 Dog Bite Law News
Ohio woman allegedly stabs victim multiple times before ordering pit bull to attack. (ABC6, WJRC.) Studies have shown that the owners of high risk dogs are usually anti-social people if not outright criminals. See Personality and Behavioral Characteristics of Owners of Vicious Breeds of Dog.
Upper West Side dog attack prompts calls for new legislation in NYC. — A brutal pit bull attack on a small dog wakes up the community, which for decades has ignored pit bulls killing and maiming children, seniors, and others. (NBC New York.)
April 2025 Dog Bite Law News
Man’s dogs fatally maul woman, suspect arrested – The dogs were 3 pit bulls, and the man was out on bond after being arrested for murdering a senior citizen who sold him some jewelry for just $140.00. (From ABC News).
Dog attack victims contemplating lawsuit against city days after dog owner sentenced – The brutal attack by a pit bull and German shepherd on San Antonio resident Max De Los Santos resulted in the amputation of both of his legs and led to a 6-year sentence for Danielle Henderson, the owner of the dogs. Compare this with the federal civil lawsuit in Family of Ramon Najera files lawsuit against City of San Antonio after deadly dog attack.
Parents charged in dog mauling death of their infant – Pit bull owners Blake Bates and Alyssa Smith were indicted for involuntary manslaughter, endangering children and reckless homicide.
6-Month-Old Baby Girl Dies After ‘Devastating’ Dog Attack at Texas Apartment Complex: Reports
Mother, son sentenced in pit bull attack that killed neighbor
Man reportedly wields pit bull during Dollar Tree robbery
March 2025 Dog Bite Law News
Man arrested after dogs fatally maul 81-Year-Old New Orleans woman
Iowa City Settles Police K-9 Bite Case for $49k
76-year-old woman says neighbor’s dog ‘ripped my face apart’ while standing in her yard
1 in hospital after multi-dog attack in Hartsville, deputies say – WPDE
Former ‘Bachelor’ star recovering after vicious dog attack: ‘He’s going to kill me’ – YouTube
Costilla County woman believed to have died from injuries after domestic dogs attack