Personal Injury Law

Fatal Dog Bite Prompts Suit Against Owner

By Edward Bills

The death of a Washington state man from a dog bite has prompted a lawsuit by the man’s family against the dog’s owner. The man developed an infection from a bacteria contracted through the dog’s saliva and died of a blood clot 10 days after being bitten, the suit states. The family claims the incident was not the first time the dog had bitten someone and that its owner failed to have the dog on a leash. The dog’s owner knew the dog was “potentially dangerous,” the suit claims.

Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on September 10, 2010 (boomark / email).