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The legal framework governing liability for a dog bite occurring in the dog owner’s backyard depends on several factors, including the owner’s knowledge of the dog’s dangerous propensities, the owner’s actions or omissions, and the status of the injured person…
When a dog bite claim gets paid, it’s almost never the dog owner writing a personal check. It’s their homeowner’s or renters insurance company—which means the real question isn’t just “is the owner liable,” it’s “whose policy pays, and how…
Most dog bites in Austin are minor. Some are life-changing. On the day it happens, the two can look almost the same. And the injuries that end up mattering most are often the ones you can’t see yet: an infection…
Recently, an alarming incident in East Austin has highlighted the serious consequences of dog attacks. A young toddler, referred to as CJ, was viciously attacked by a dog right in his own driveway. This traumatic event, captured on a doorbell…
On a seemingly calm evening in Round Rock, a local woman, Maria Perez, 55, experienced a harrowing dog attack that required over 60 stitches. The incident occurred while she was enjoying her usual evening stroll with her 7-year-old nephew. Without…
An 81-year-old man is dead and his wife, 74, was in critical condition after the couple was mauled by dogs Friday in San Antonio, officials said. The dog’s owner, Christian Alexander Moreno, 31, has been charged with dangerous dog attack…
Manor police say a 7-year-old boy was the victim of an unprovoked dog attack on Monday night. Police said the child was playing in the yard of a home in the 14400 block of Callan Court around 8:08 p.m. when…
A family’s pit bull was found with blood around its mouth near a 3-week-old baby who died with bite marks on her, police say. Susannah Murray was left alone Thursday night in a bounce chair when adults went on the…
Last Friday, the Texas Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Texas’ “first free bite” rule (allowing a dog owner to escape most legal liability if a previously gentle dog attacks) does not free owners of the responsibility of stopping an attack…