Overview
Key components of the Arsenal:
- Pleadings and Motions: Templates for filing initial complaints and other legal documents.
- Interrogatories and Deposition Questions: Questionnaires for gathering information from the dog owner and other relevant parties.
- Discovery Plans: Strategies for obtaining evidence in a dog bite case.
- Settlement Strategies: Tactics for negotiating fair settlements with insurance companies.
- Expert Recommendations: Lists of qualified experts who can testify about the dog’s behavior, the victim’s injuries, and other relevant issues.
How the Arsenal helps:
- Case Evaluation: The arsenal helps lawyers assess the strengths and weaknesses of a dog bite case.
- Strategy Development: It provides tools for creating a customized legal strategy.
- Discovery: It aids in gathering evidence to support the client’s claim.
- Negotiation and Settlement: It assists lawyers in negotiating a favorable settlement.
- Trial Preparation: It prepares the lawyer for a potential trial.
Here are details:
Pleadings for a Dog Bite Case
Introducing the Undemurrable Dog Bite Complaint and Supporting Authorities for California—a comprehensive Complaint featuring 11 causes of action, backed by all the court-tested documents that helped Mr. Phillips win these cases. Download it here: Undemurrable Dog Bite Complaint and Supporting Authorities. If your case will be filed in any other state, use the “Complaint” (i.e., the initial pleading) in Dog Bite Lawsuit Forms.
Discovery in a Dog Bite Case
Winning in court starts with methodical, unrelenting discovery. That’s where the Dog Bite Lawsuit Forms come in—complete with interrogatories, requests for admissions, demands for production, and more. These forms are available for less than the cost of having them typed from scratch. Get them here: Dog Bite Lawsuit Forms.
You’ll get 92 interrogatories, 57 document requests the defense must comply with, and detailed deposition questions tailored for dog owners, child witnesses, accident witnesses, damages witnesses, and “persons most qualified.” This last category is crucial for deposing experts like veterinarians or animal control officers when their specific involvement in your case isn’t clear.
Settlement of a Dog Bite Case
Is your case ready to settle? That’s where you want to be. Mr. Phillips has settled nearly 1,000 dog bite cases, and we’ve distilled that experience into a method for gathering evidence and drafting demand letters that get results. Get the Demand Letter & Brief for a Dog Bite Case here: Demand Letter & Brief.
Finally, when you need to negotiate with insurance adjusters or defense attorneys, you’ll want to know the tactics that have consistently worked for Mr. Phillips. His 2.5-hour presentation, Tips & Tricks for Dog Bite Lawyers, is a video that covers these strategies in detail. It’s available at a discount when purchased with the lawsuit forms. Learn more here: Tips and Tricks for Dog Bite Lawyers.
Consultations with Mr. Phillips
Lawyers are welcome to contact Attorney Kenneth M. Phillips to discuss –
- Which causes of action to plead (and how to word them)
- What to get in discovery
- What to cover in your depositions of the dog owners and the witnesses
- How to overcome defenses (and even turn them into weapons)
- Which experts you need (and don’t need)
- How much your case is worth
- The strategy for getting the case settled sooner rather than later
- Your strongest issues and the ones you need to avoid
- How to beat a motion for summary judgment (and how to bring one for the plaintiff)
- What to argue at trial.
Contact Mr. Phillips by clicking “Contact” on the main menu. We monitor the messages sent from this form almost 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. To save time, tell him the city and state where the incident happened, and add a paragraph about liability and injuries. Mr. Phillips will get back to you the same day or the next day. He will tell you his impressions about what directions to take, and what he can help you with as your paid consultant. Frequently, attorneys have a one-hour consultation on the phone with him, and it can save you weeks of work and a great deal of costs.
Tools for Special Situations
- When a Dog Is Injured or Killed – a self-help book that shows how to get compensated for veterinary bills and more.
- Residential Lease Dog Clause – a landlord-friendly rider to a lease that will help to prevent dog bite claims against landlords.
- Avoiding Liability When Working With Dogs – ready-to-use contracts, waivers and other legal documents by Mr. Phillips, explained in his 1-1/2 hour video seminar.
- Defending Your Dog – a self-help book showing how to win a case in “dog court.”
- Release of All Claims (for use in California but easily adaptable by attorneys for other states) – uniquely protects the dog owner and his dog, unlike other releases that fail to protect the dog.
- Transfer of Ownership Letter Agreement – an agreement that will help to avoid liability for accidents after a dog is sold or given away.
- Waiver of Liability by a Dog Trainer – for the dog owner who wants his dangerous dog to be trained, but doesn’t want to risk getting sued by the trainer.
- Dog Training Agreement – for the trainer who doesn’t want to risk getting sued by his client, and wants reimbursement for medical treatment if the trainer is injured on the job.
Free Stuff
Some of Mr. Phillips’ best can be found here:
- Tips and Tricks for Dog Bite Lawyers has 10 free tactics you can use right away!