By Robert I. Feinberg | Published July 28, 2014 | Posted in Dog Bites, Personal Injury | Leave a comment
Recovery for an injury from a dog depends upon the existence of homeowners insurance coverage on the owner or keeper of the dog. Any injury that occurs as a result of a dog is compensable. The injury need not be an actual bite but could occur as a result of a bump, a trip, or even if a dog causes you to fall from a bicycle.
The suggestion of a previous blog post on auto insurance applies even more so to motorcyclists. The obvious reason that a motorcyclist needs sufficient protection under Part 3, Bodily Injury Caused By an Uninsured Auto, and Part 12, Bodily injury Caused By an Underinsured Auto, is due to the severity of motorcycle collisions.
In the context of accidents and injuries on property or premises, we, as the attorneys for the injured party, need to show that a landowner has failed to act reasonably in maintaining his or her property in view of all the circumstances. You can say that we follow a formula: what is the likelihood of an injury, the potential seriousness of an injury and the burden of avoiding the risk of an injury?