Owner of Dogs Shoot, start a house fire in Pennsylvania and North Carolina

The next time your dog asks for a treat, you might want to give it to him. In Pennsylvania, it was reported that a dog injured its owner with a gun left in the bed, while in North Carolina, a dog was caught on Camera putting a house (of a fire officer without damaged lithium. As I recently finished teaching my tort students about animal liability (and strict liability for dog bites), these cases provide an instructive moment for people and canines alike.

Dog bite cases have long been a source of outrage, including recent incidents involving the Biden family at home. However, what about canine attacks using weapons?

Common law imposes strict liability on dogs if the owner knows or knows of the animal’s cruelty. Sometimes referred to as the “liberal bite” rule, past evidence of tortious severity such as a bite cannot be shared enough to cause strict liability. Some countries are moving to common credit laws. Many have established legal standards that impose strict liability without requiring evidence of prior knowledge of malicious benefits. These rules supersede the common law rule.

Before we drink these dogs to go on the last legs of the perp, let’s examine their legal manifestations (and put aside the fact that these owners must effectively stop themselves from any debt of their dogs).

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Years ago, I discussed a case in Alabama where a dog drove its owner and the owner’s truck, which may have constituted a strong case.

Alabama section 3-6-1 does not limit liability to dog bites but any injury by the dog. The state has a hybrid law. First, in public areas, the law operates as a standard of negligence. Second, it applies a strict liability method to the “Expenses” of any injuries caused by the dog. Third, the owner is protected from punitive or legal damages for the damage of bad information, as under the common law “one fat rule.”

An unknown man got out of a four-wheeled Honda around 7:15 PM and fired one round at the “boots,” who was a chocolate lab mix at that time. The dog was shot in the snout, according to the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office. (Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office)

Since this was the first dog attack and the incident took place in a public place, he was very much looking at a claim of negligence. However, the owner was not inclined to find this claim against his dog and emergency lawyers often do not use biscuits.

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Similarly, in Maine, a dog is accused of driving a car into a lake after its owner put it in his truck after a fight with another dog. The good news is that Maine is a strong credit without any prior knowledge of animal cruelty benefits.

The law applies when “the dog injures a person who is not on the premises of the owner or keeper at the time of the injury.” The truck is the property of the owner, but not usually considered part of the property. However, the title of Maine Revised Statutes 7, Section 3961 refers to the owner being liable, not the dog. Since this was the owner’s truck, he was left with a body mounted truck and a smirking canine.

Now to the armed canine cases. This is not the first drive (or skip) shot by the owner’s dog. However, dogs can be proof with us. After thousands of years of evolution, they have developed that insulting long face look that would melt any judge. The result is that they can’t arrest people for not turning up and the police will be left rubbing their stomachs as the Coroner outruns its previous owner.

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Take the last incident in Berks County, Pennsylvania, where a 53-year-old man was cleaning his gun and briefly left it in his bed. His dog then jumped out of bed and shot his owner in the back.

The police appeared to be treating this as attempted murder. There is no attempt to find out if this was a heat killer that was due to the victims’ stomach or chew toys being denied.

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That leaves the civil liability. In Pennsylvania, the State has a hybrid system. If a person is attacked or bitten by a dog, the owner is responsible for all related medical expenses. However, for expenses or injuries other than medical expenses, you must prove negligence.

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However, in particular the law does not only apply to bites but any attack, possibly an attack, that is thought to have been brought down by an armed canine.

However, the dog is not a deep bowl defendant who can pay damages (and the owner will lock himself up). Therefore, the dog is likely to escape any major penalty. Indeed, after learning to use a gun, the dog may get the owner to be more careful with handling in the future.

Then there’s Pooch in North Carolina, where Chapel Hill Fire Assistant Chief Sasser Sasser’s dog, Colton, reportedly “counter surfed” and found a lithium battery. He chewed the battery and placed it on the living room rug, lighting the fire.

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Colton lit up a small house fire in Chapel Hill, NC (Chapel Fire Department/Facebook)

Much like the Pennsylvania police, grooming is not enough for a dog. The Fire Department quickly sent out a statement saying “Colton is a good boy” and discussed his behavior. There was no idea that Colton was an acronity writer.

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Fortunately, Colton, North Carolina is the One-Bite State. You have a strict bond with a known or vicious dog. However, in particular, strict liability is for “any injury or damage to property” and not just dog bites. Burning down homes would seem to fall within the statutory definition of dog-related damage.

By the way, North Carolina also has laws on the book on issues such as “allowing large bites” and “failing to kill a mad dog”).

It’s not clear if this is the first traffic incident linked to Colton, but the claim that he’s a “good guy” shows that his record is clean.

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Both of these recent cases raise concerns that local police and fire officials are riding these dogs. However, legally, they seem clear. Obviously, suspicions would be high if these were cats. Feline cases are treated as presumptive intent.

I am a dog lover and am willing to serve as defense counsel for any suspect, big or small. However, Groucho Marx was the only iron ruler – “outside the dog, the book is a man’s best friend. Inside the dog is too dark to read.”

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