If you or someone you love was injured by a dog bite in Los Angeles Whitnall Off-Leash Dog Park, you can hold the dog’s owner responsible for your injuries. Even at a local dog park, you have the right to safety and to share the park with responsible dog owners. When you are bitten, you might be able to hold the negligent dog owner responsible for your injury-related expenses.
A dog bite exposes you to disfiguring facial wounds, a risk of contracting rabies, and physical disability that might prevent you from returning to work right away. Getting prompt medical care can minimize some of the risks, but you are still left with the expenses of your medical care.
A Los Angeles Whitnall Off-Leash Dog Park dog bite lawyer can help you prepare a solid compensation claim against the dog’s owner. Discuss the details of your dog bite incident with the client services team at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm by calling (800) 816-0755 today.
We Can Help Value Your Financial Compensation Claim
Many times, a dog bite is a messy situation requiring immediate medical attention. If the dog bite leaves you with severe puncture wounds, extensive and unsightly scarring, and/or emotional trauma, your recovery can prevent you from taking immediate action. At that point, we can step in and get started assigning value to your compensation claim.
An important part of your claim is understanding what the claim is worth financially. Certain aspects of your claim are easy to calculate because they come with an assigned financial value. These parts of your claim may include:
- Emergency room care
- Hospital stays
- Medications
- Assistive medical devices
- Necessary surgery
- In-home medical care
Other parts of your claim can be more challenging to value because they do not have a pre-determined economic value or because they require futurecasting to reach a proper valuation.
Valuing Unpredictable and Future Expenses of Your Dog Bite Injury
Assessing a monetary value to your personal injury claim is a complicated process. It can be risky to try to assign a value to seemingly unseen portions of your compensation claim on your own. These portions of your claim may include:
- Current and future lost income when your time away from work is uncertain
- Future medical expenses for treatments you will require but have yet to receive
- The cost of mental anguish and pain and suffering that cannot be seen as easily as a physical wound
As challenging as it can be to calculate seemingly hard-to-define financial damages, a Los Angeles Whitnall Off-Leash Dog Park dog bite lawyer can help you determine the value of these aspects of your claim. Pintas & Mullins Law Firm will work to ensure that your claim is not undervalued, so you are not left paying expenses for any portion of the treatment a dog bite created.
For a free legal consultation with a Whitnall Off-Leash Dog Park Lawyer serving Los Angeles, call (800) 816-0755
Your Right to Safety Is Still in Place in an Off-Leash Dog Park
Even in an off-leash dog park, the owner of a dog must still ensure that his pet does not bite or attack others who are using the park. If your safety is compromised and you or a loved one are bitten, you have the opportunity to seek financial compensation from the owner of the dog that bit or attacked you.
Los Angeles Ordinance 17.04.412C speaks specifically to dog owners who use off-leash dog parks. It says anyone accompanying a dog to an off-leash park must be over the age of 18 and that the dog’s owner is responsible and financially liable for any bite injuries their dog causes to another person.
If you need assistance identifying the owner of the dog that bit you or a family member in busy Los Angeles Whitnall Off-Leash Dog Park, our team at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm can help. Do not hesitate to call us once your injuries are treated and you are stabilized. We are here to help you fight for the compensation you deserve.
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Common Injuries Caused by a Dog Bite
Depending on the viciousness and severity of a dog bite, you might suffer a range of physical consequences. Merck Manual lists many of the potential negative impacts of a dog bite, including:
- Ragged wounds
- Deep skin punctures
- Serious infections
- Pain and swelling
- Potential rabies infection
Although rare in domestic pets, if you cannot identify the dog that bit you or if the owner did not ensure their pet was properly vaccinated, you might have to undergo costly and long-term treatments to prevent contracting rabies.
In addition to these physical injuries, you might also be left with permanent scars that can temporarily or permanently alter your physical appearance. Our team will fight hard for the appropriate compensation and make sure your claim is filed in a timely fashion.
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Do Not Let Time Run Out on Your Right to Compensation
In Los Angeles, the time you have to file a personal injury claim is determined by the California Code of Civil Procedure § 335.1, which generally limits your right to take legal action against the owner of the dog that bit you to as little as two years.
Our team at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm will fight for you and ensure you file your claim on time. By complying with the state’s timeline, we help ensure your right to financial compensation does not run out. We do not shy away from tough cases or ask you to pay any up front or out -of-pocket fees. Instead, we take our fee out of the settlement we negotiate for you.
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We Help You Fight for Financial Recovery After a Dog Bite
When we fight hard for you to get compensation, we do so because we do not believe you deserve to endure additional stress due to the financial costs of treating injuries caused by someone else’s dog.
The dog’s owner—not you or your family—should be financially responsible for the cost of your medical treatments and other expenses. A Los Angeles Whitnall Off-Leash Dog Park dog bite lawyer can help you fight for compensation. Contact the team at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm by calling (800) 816-0755 today.
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