Dog Bite Lawyer Modesto CA 95354

You may be eligible for financial compensation if you or a loved one was injured by a dog bite. It is in your best interest to immediately contact an aggressive, experienced Modesto dog bite attorney like the lawyers at Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers if you have been injured by a dog bite. Our Modesto personal injury lawyers have been representing dog bite victims since 1990 and this experience allows us to provide our clients with the highest quality legal representation.

If you can’t afford to have your dog bite injuries treated, an experienced dog bite attorney at Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers can get you to doctors who will treat your injuries on a lien, which means that you won’t be charged for your treatment until your case is over. Doctors do this for our dog bite clients because doctors know we get great results for our dog bite clients.

When dog bites occur, the experienced dog bite lawyers at Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers don’t charge their victims any fee to handle their dog bite case until and unless they recover compensation for the dog bite victim. This means you will never owe us any upfront fee or out-of-pocket fee for us to handle your dog bite claim. The only fee we will ever charge you is a percentage of any financial recovery we obtain on your behalf in your dog bite case.

Call us now if you or a loved one are a dog bite victim. You may be eligible for financial compensation for your injuries, medical bills, lost wages and more. Our services will cost you nothing unless we obtain a recovery for you.

Compensation Available After A Dog Bite

If you have been injured by a dog bite, a Modesto dog bite attorney at Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers can help you recover financial compensation for:

Medical Bills

The dog bite you suffered may have already caused you to need treatment, meaning you now owe money in medical expenses. You might also need future treatment for your dog bite injuries, meaning you’ll owe even more money in medical bills. Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers can help you recover compensation for any past or future medical bills related to your dog bite injuries. This may include compensation for treatments such as plastic surgery if your dog bite has left significant scarring or disfigurement.

Lost Wages

If you were unable to work for a period of time due to your dog bite injuries being so severe, or if you’ve had to take time off from work to get your dog bite injuries treated, we can help you recover compensation for any wages you were unable to earn because of this.

Loss Of Earning Capacity

If your dog bite injuries have left you unable to work ever again, or unable to ever work again in the same field, we can help you recover financial compensation for the loss or reduction of earning capacity which resulted.

Pain And Suffering

If you’re a victim of a dog bite, you may have experienced tremendous physical pain and mental suffering. You may also experience more mental suffering in the future as a result of disfigurement or post-traumatic stress disorder. Our experienced dog bite law firm can put an accurate value on the pain and suffering you’ve gone through and make sure you’re fairly compensated for it.

Wrongful Death

If you have lost a loved one to a dog attack, unfortunately, no amount of financial compensation will be able to bring them back. However, we can help you recover compensation which will compensate you for your grieving and suffering and make sure you aren’t put in financial distress by the loss of your loved one.

We can help you get compensated for your loved one’s:

• Medical bills

• Pain and suffering

• Funeral costs

• Burial costs

We can also help you get compensated for the loss of your loved one’s:

• Income

• Household services

• Companionship

• Love

What Should I Do After A Dog Bites Me?

Your primary concern immediately after a dog bite is your safety and medical health. After you handle that, you should do what you are able to in order to preserve and record any evidence that is available. You should:

Immediately Obtain Medical Attention

This might involve an emergency room visit. This may even involve placing a call for the help of an ambulance, depending upon the situation.

Get The Name Of Everyone Involved

You have to know the owner of the dog in order to take the appropriate action following the treatment that you receive. You should also ensure that you obtain the contact info of any witnesses to the dog bite.

Take Pictures

If it’s possible for you to, take pictures of your dog bite wounds before they get treated. These photos may prove to be vital evidence.

File A Report

Depending upon the location you live in, file a dog bite report to your police department or to your local animal control.

Get Insurance Information

If you can speak with the owner of the dog, be sure to get their insurance information, such as their homeowner’s insurance information, if they have a policy. Any financial recovery you obtain will likely be through that policy.

Call Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers

Call us as soon as you can to talk about your situation. The faster you do this, the more likely we will be able to preserve and gather relevant evidence. The faster you call us, the stronger the position you have will become from the other side’s perspective.

California Dog Bite Laws

“Strict liability” applies to dog bites in California. This means that disputed liability and a “one bite rule” do not exist in California. Dog owners are “strictly liable” for any injuries that their dogs cause. A dog owner cannot dispute fault for dog bites in California. Dog owners are automatically responsible for the injuries their dogs cause you.

Exceptions to this rule exist for trespassers and people bitten by dogs who are on duty for the police or military. Those who are trespassing on the property where the dog bite occurred cannot recover damages for their dog bite. Those who are bitten by dogs who are on duty for the military or police cannot recover damages for their dog bite.

Recoveries have been denied by California courts for dog bite victims who negligently caused the dog bite, provoked the dog or assumed the risk of a dog attack.

Keepers or handlers of dogs who are not the owner of the dog can also be held liable for dog bites, but not under strict liability. Keepers or handlers must either have prior knowledge of the dog’s aggressiveness or must be found to be negligent in order to be held liable for a dog bite in California. Keepers and handlers are negligent when they fail to be reasonably careful in keeping the dog from biting someone else and someone was injured because of this.

Dog owners in California are not liable when their dogs bite veterinarians who are treating them.

Who Is And Isn’t A Trespasser In a Claim?

A dog owner in California is liable for the actions of their dog, even when bites happen on property they own, unless the dog bite victim was on that property while committing crime or while trespassing. However, it is vital to understand how it’s determine who is and isn’t a trespasser when evaluating who is liable for a dog bite. A trespasser in California is anyone willfully entering fenced property that has a sign stating no trespassing.

It is important to understand common exceptions to laws regarding trespassing because they impact who is liable for dog bites. The following situations are not considered trespassing in a dog bite claim:

• When a young child enters a property and the owner of the property should reasonably understand that children may enter the property
• When postal workers, salespeople, delivery people, charity drive workers, religious solicitors, or anyone else approaches the front walkway of a home or a front door regarding legitimate business when the home’s front isn’t behind a fence and there are no signs visible saying “no trespassing”
• Hired contractors and repair people

When dog owners can anticipate someone’s presence on a property and fail to take reasonable steps to stop their dog from attacking, they end up liable for dog bites even when the dog bite victim wasn’t invited onto the property.

Common Injuries

Dog bites and dog attacks can cause many types of wounds. These injury types include:

• Cuts
• Puncture wounds
• Infections
• Bruises
• Abrasions
• Hematoma
• Fractures
• Dislocations
• Amputation
• Avulsion
• Crush

Dog bites don’t just cause physical injuries, though. They can also cause mental injuries such as post-traumatic stress disorder. Dog bite victims may end up experiencing severe mental reactions to dog bites and this can result in emotional suffering. Young children are especially vulnerable to this, as they can end up with a long-term fear of dogs or a fear of leaving the home.

The physical injuries that dog bites cause can be permanent. Scarring is often the result of a dog bite. The most frequent target for dogs to attack is the face. Dog bites cause around 44,000 facial injuries every year in the United States. Dog bites to the face can cause permanent, disfiguring scars which have severe physical and emotional consequences, especially for kids. Dog bite scars can necessitate multiple, expensive and painful plastic surgeries which attempt to remove or reduce the scarring.

Statistics About Dog Bites

• Pit bulls and rottweilers accounted for 76% of fatal dog maulings in the United States from 2005 to 2018. Pit bulls and pit bull mixes have killed over six times the number of Americans compared to rottweilers since 2005.
• Pit bulls are 31% more likely than other dogs to attack unknown people and 48% more likely to attack without provocation.
• About 1,000 Americans require emergency medical treatment for dog bites every day.
• $797 million was paid out in liability claims by homeowners insurance for dog bites and dog-related injuries in 2019.
• Almost 27,000 Americans needed reconstructive surgery as a result of dog bites in 2018.
• The average cost of a hospital stay resulting from a dog bite was $18,200 from 1993 to 2008.

Claims And Homeowner’s Insurance

Our clients who are injured often show hesitancy to bring an injury claim against a dog owner, especially if they have a personal relationship with the dog owner. We realize it can be very uncomfortable to tell a family member or neighbor that you will be pursuing an injury claim, and you may worry that such a claim will damage your relationship.

A lot of dog owners are covered for dog bite by homeowner’s insurance policies. This means that an insurance company will pay for your damages rather than your compensation coming from the pocket of the dog owner. This may ease tensions between neighbors, friends and family members.

Ultimately, the owner of a dog in California is responsible for the actions of their dog, and if you’ve been bitten, you deserve compensation.

Experienced Injury Attorneys in Modesto

Do not hesitate to contact Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers if you or a loved one has been bitten by a pit bull, Rottweiler, German Shepherd, Siberian Husky, Boxer, Doberman or any other breed of dog in Modesto. Our strong, battle-tested Modesto dog bite attorneys have the experience and know-how to protect your rights when dog owners allow their pets to harm you or your loved ones. Our lawyers’ decades of legal experience mean we know all the legal techniques needed to hold dog owners responsible for your injuries. We can obtain for you the largest possible financial recovery after aggressively handling your case for you from start to finish.

The dog bite lawyers at Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers are committed to assisting you in obtaining the full financial recovery you deserve for your dog bite injuries via a dog bite claim. Our lawyers have been helping victims of dog bites in Modesto and throughout California obtain compensation for their injuries from insurance companies and negligent dog owners by filing dog bite claims for decades.

Call Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers Today

It is important to contact a Modesto dog bite lawyer like the lawyers at Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers immediately if you or a loved one was injured by a dog bite, as there are strict deadlines for filing a dog bite injury claim in California. Call us today for a free consultation, text us from this page or complete the contact form on this page to request a free case evaluation form.

We have been handling dog bite cases since 1990 and have recovered over 0,000,000 for injured clients.

We are a contingency fee law firm which means our clients never pay a fee for our services unless we obtain a recovery for them. That is our no fee promise.