Dog Parks and Liability for Dog Bites
Dog parks are merely places where dogs can be off-leash, but liability for dog bites that occur there can be a little different than for those that happen elsewhere.
Overview
Negligence liability
Suits against local governments
Assumption of the risk
Bites and injuries resulting from a dangerous propensity of the attacking dog
Guidelines for dog parks
What people write to Attorney Phillips...
Dear Mr. Phillips, Your website is a “blessing”. Thank you. It helps to be able to educate myself on the issues. My neighbors wife was attacked; and, by coincidence, my city, Jasper, Al is in the early process of adopting “some kind” of dog control code.
After reading the statistics of attacks especially children attacks. I find myself on a “crusade” to help the city find and adopt the best codes possible.
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