Many people throughout Connecticut and across the country treat their dogs as if they are members of the family. Unfortunately, dogs are still animals at the end of the day and sometimes they lash out in a violent manner. If a dog bites another person and causes serious injury, the victim of the dog bite […]

If you’re bitten by a dog, you want to approach the owner or responsible party and determine right of the bat who the owner is and confirm that and then perhaps equally important is ‘is the dog current with its vaccinations?’ Rabies is a fatal disease and you want to know that that dog has been […]

If you’re injured by a dog, it’s crucial that you identify who the wonder, who the keeper of the dog is. Very often, people come in and say “Well, I was bit by a dog but I’m not sure who the owner is or who is responsible for the dog.” Well, as soon as we […]

Under Connecticut law, we have strict liability for dog bites and injuries caused by dogs. What that means is you don’t have to prove as you do in a typical personal injury case that someone else is responsible or someone else was negligent. Strict liability is absolute liability. So if you are the owner or […]

People other than a dog owner can be responsible for a dog bite. Let me explain. In Connecticut, not only the owner but the keeper of the dog can be held responsible. What’s a keeper? It’s actually anyone who’s responsible for the dog at that point in time. So if you entrust your dog to […]