Everyone loves their pets, especially Man’s Best Friend. But loving Fido means knowing Fido, and preventing dog attacks on mail carriers in Massachusetts requires proactive measures from pet owners. In 2023, dogs bit U.S. Postal Service employees 116 times in Massachusetts, with Springfield reporting the highest number of incidents .WBUR…
Those three words are what most dog owners would say about their beloved pet, whenever someone has been the victim of a dog bite. I know – both as a plaintiffs’ attorney representing victims of dog bites – as well as a dog lover myself. Dogs are wonderful creatures: They…
The recent horrific mauling death in Lowell of a 7 year old boy has led a lot of clients and friends to ask me, “What legal liability exists when someone is bitten by a dog?” The answers can get technical, but I’ll try to address the outlines here. First, however,…
In my view, a good dog really is man’s (and woman’s) best friend — most of the time. However, if you’ve ever been bitten by a dog – even your own – you know that a dog bite injury is painful and shocking. Victims of dog attacks can experience not…
“A dog is man’s best friend.” That maxim has a lot of truth in it – dogs truly can be the kind of friend many people wish they had in their human relationships: Loyal, understanding, forgiving, compassionate. I myself have always loved dogs (though the less noise they make, the…
Massachusetts dog bite cases just got a little easier to bring in court and to win, at least those involving injuries caused by pit bull terriers. That’s good news for victims of these horrible attacks, which can scar a person for life not only physically, but in cases involving children…