Posts tagged Dog Bites

• Police Chief Kills Pit-bull

  Christina Cole | January 11, 2007 12:58 AM | 1 CommentNew Hampshire, NH Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  The Kingston police chief fatally shot and killed a pit-bull that had bitten another person and lunged toward him.State Police say, Police Chief Donald Briggs, while responding to a call, saw a pit-bull attacking another dog that was leashed in the backyard. He tried to get the pit-bull off from the other dog. While trying to get the pit-bull off the dog, Briggs learned the pit-bull had...

• Dog Bite Law in New Hampshire

  Ed Van Dorn | July 05, 2007 10:41 AM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  The state of New Hampshire has a strict law concerning dog bites and attacks by domestic animals. Specifically the law says:NHRSA 466:19 Liability of Owner or Keeper. - Any person to whom or to whose property, including sheep, lambs, fowl, or other domestic creatures, damage may be occasioned by a dog not owned or kept by such person shall be entitled to recover damages from the person who owns,...

• Cornell University Staff Member Bitten by Dog

  Christina Cole | January 05, 2007 3:11 AM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  The Cornell University police are looking for the owner of a dog who bit a university staff member that now faces the prospect of precautionary rabies injections if it can't be determined the dog is properly vaccinated.Friday at approximately 10:21 am, the Cornell University Police Dept. received a complaint of a dot bite. The complainant, a male Cornell University staff member was bitten on...

• Dog Bites Carjacker

  Christina Cole | December 21, 2006 3:06 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  A teenager is in jail and a woman is in the hospital with a dog bite -- after a carjacking that went very wrong.Belleville police say the incident started at 3:40a.m. Tuesday when a pickup truck driver saw what appeared to be a woman in need of help standing on the side of the road, waving her arms. The driver pulled over and opened the door to the woman. At that time a teenage male jumped into...

• New Hampshire Dog Bite Law

  Ed Van Dorn | January 31, 2007 11:48 AM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Many people ask us about their rights when they are bitten by a dog. We are asked this question because several years ago one of our clients was attacked by a pit bull. The people responsible refused to help the victim. After a trial by jury the client was awarded 2.1 million dollars. This was the largest verdict of this kind in the country. It made national news. As a result we are often...