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A 19-year-old woman from Carlisle suffered dog bites to her face recently, according to The Patriot-News. The woman was walking in Thornwald Park when the dog, which was not on a leash, jumped on her and bit her face, according to the police report.

The woman was taken to Carlisle Regional Medical Center for treatment for the dog bite injuries. She also received a series of rabies vaccines because she did not know whether or not the dog was immunized. The dog’s owner has since come forward to tell police that the dog is up to date on its rabies vaccine and other immunizations. According to the dog’s owner, he did not know that the dog was off its leash or that it had bit the young woman.

If you are bitten by a dog, you should seek medical attention immediately. If possible, find out as much as you can about the dog that bit you, including who its owners are and whether the dog is immunized. Also, try to take photos of the injuries and to get the name and address of any witnesses to the dog bite. Keep copies of all your medical bills, including bills for an ambulance if necessary.

Once your medical needs are taken care of, consider talking to an experienced Pennsylvania dog bite injury lawyer. The experienced attorneys at Cherry Fieger & Marciano, LLP can help you understand your legal rights after a dog bite attack and seek compensation for your medical bills and other costs. For a free and confidential case evaluation, call Cherry Fieger & Marciano, LLP today.

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.

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