Dog Attack Injuries in Laredo Tx

If you have experienced medical complications from a dog bite in Laredo, Texas, you are most likely thinking about your legal options. A personal injury claim against the dog’s owner would both help you cover the cost of your medical bills and compensate you for the ways that the accident affected you non-financially. Additionally, legal action could convince the dog’s owner to take more precautions protecting others from their aggressive pet.

The Laredo Tx dog injury attorneys at Carabin Shaw can help you pursue the damages that you deserve for your injuries. Our legal team works on contingency, and will only charge you fees only your claim is successful. To learn more about our services, you can schedule a free initial consultation and case review by calling 800-862-1260, where our English- and Spanish-speaking staff is always available to assist you.

Dog owners are responsible for their animals’ behavior. If they fail to take the proper precautions to keep others safe from their aggressive dog, they are vulnerable to a personal injury claim.

Texas dog owners have to follow a “one-bite rule.” In other words, if a dog has previously attacked someone, its owner will be held strictly liable for any subsequent attacks. However, if the dog that bit you had never attacked another person, their owner can claim ignorance of the dog’s aggressive tendencies. If this is the case, you and your attorney will have to prove that the owner exhibited negligence that led to your injuries.

Some examples of how a dog owner’s negligence can lead to serious bites are:

• Walking a dog off-leash
• Failing to provide proper fencing around a front yard. If a dog can dig under fencing, it is inadequate.
• Intentionally starving or otherwise abusing a dog, which can lead to aggression
• Failing to neuter a dog, which promotes aggressive tendencies
• Intentionally goading a dog to attack

You may not be immediately sure whether the owner of the dog that bit you is guilty of negligence. The Laredo dog bite attorneys at Carabin Shaw Law Firm can help you determine how likely they are to owe you damages.

If your own negligence played a role in the dog attacking you, you will face some difficulty obtaining a settlement for your injuries. Teasing a dog, trespassing onto someone’s property, or approaching a dog that you have already been warned is aggressive are all examples of negligent behavior that can lead to you being bitten. However, depending on the advice of your lawyer, you may still want to pursue damages.

Texas considers comparative fault in personal injury claims. This means that both the plaintiff and the defendant can be considered partially at fault for the plaintiff’s injuries. For example, if you ignored an owner’s verbal warnings about their aggressive dog, but that dog was left unmuzzled and bit you, an insurer could say that both parties played a role in your injury.

Your settlement will be adjusted to account for your share of fault. If you are 10% responsible for your injuries, you will receive 90% of your settlement. However, Texas’s comparative negligence laws state that a plaintiff can only receive damages if they do not share the majority of the fault. If you are more than 50% responsible, your claim will not be successful. An experienced Laredo dog bite attorney can help you predict whether or not comparative negligence will affect your chances of recovering damages.

If you are interested in pursuing damages after a serious dog bite, schedule a free consultation with one of the attorneys at Carabin Shaw at 800-862-1260. Our legal team has knowledge and experience that will increase your claim’s chances of success. Consult Carabin Shaw’s client reviews for insight on the experience of working with our team.