Pennsylvania Personal Injury Blog

Pennsylvania digest philly.com reports that yet another verdict against the owner of an aggressive Rhodesian ridgeback was overruled to most recently find the dog owner liable. The initial ruling did label the dog as a threat, but the dog’s keeper made an appeal to an administrative judge that claimed his animal had been provoked to attack. The Haddonfield man and Salem County property owner raises blue-ribbon show dogs, and in December 2009, a separate ridgeback was previously charged with disfiguring the ear of a female toddler.

The currently accused Rhodesian ridgeback dog owner is in trouble for a string of attacks against a few Haddonfield residents. The attacks happened between 2002 and 2004 and the total number that suffered injuries from the show dog is an unfortunate five people. Four of those victims were children, and all the incidents in question were unrelated.

According to the Center for Disease control, a dog is far more likely to bite a child, and an annual estimate of 4.7 million people across the United States will be harmed from a dog bite attack, which occur approximately once every minute. A dog does not have to be wandering the street to be threatening; even a domesticated companion or a dog secured on a leash can harm a person uninformed on how to behave around dogs. There are ways to prevent a dog bite, such as not approaching unfamiliar dogs, not attempting to pet a dog while it is off-guard or sleeping, and avoiding eye contact with the dog to avoid challenging it. If you are bitten, immediately report the bite to an authority, and you may want to seek the assistance of a Philly dog attack attorney.