Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

• Failing to Restrain a Dangerous Dog – Criminal Offense?

  Jeremy Thurman | July 07, 2010 2:19 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  Over the years I have blogged extensively about the dangers of dogs. In the search for accountability, there have been many battles with various readers over whether breed or owner is to blame for...

• Florida Infant Mauled by Pit Bull

  Jeremy Thurman | April 15, 2010 11:01 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  Fox News is reporting that a 7-day-old Florida baby has been fatally mauled by a pitbull as he lay sleeping next to his teenage mother. According to the report The Pasco County...

• Dog Kills Infant in Perkins Oklahoma

  Jeremy Thurman | March 09, 2010 12:14 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  Tragic news is coming out of Perkins Oklahoma where kfor.com is reporting that a Rottweiler has killed an infant girl who was less than a year old. Details are sketchy as the death occurred on Iowa...

• Trampolines - An Orthopedist Dream

  Jeremy Thurman | July 09, 2009 3:04 AM | 1 CommentOklahoma City, OK

  Trampolines are very dangerous. I once had an orthopedist comment to my father that he could fund his entire practice based solely on trampoline injuries. I’m sure all our readers know of a...

• DOG BITE - LAWFUL PRESENCE ON OWNER'S PROPERTY AND WHAT IS A PUBLIC PLACE

  Jeremy Thurman | March 17, 2008 3:33 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  Okla. Stat. Tit 4 § 42.2 basically defines when you can recover for a dog bite on the dog owners property and when you can recover for a dog bite in a public place. The statute reads as follows: "a person shall be considered to be lawfully upon the private property of the owner of a dog when he or she is on the property in the performance of any duty imposed upon the person by the laws of...

• What To Do if Bitten By A Dog

  Jeremy Thurman | March 17, 2008 3:00 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  I just settled a dog bite case today. I had some good facts working for my case and some bad facts. The bad facts were simply it took forever to find the owner of the dog as my client tried to clean his wound's himself and finally gave up and went to the doctor. Only after going to the doctor did he call animal control. Luckily we found the dog but I thought I would write some pointers on...

• WHAT PERSONAL INJURY DAMAGES ARE RECOVERABLE FROM A DOG BITE?

  Jeremy Thurman | March 16, 2008 3:29 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  Oklahoma dog bite laws are clear and explicitly stated Okla. Stat. Tit 4 § 42.1. Section 42.1 states that the owner or owners of any dog shall be liable for damages to the full amount of any damages sustained when his dog, without provocation, bites or injures any person while such person is in or on a place where he has a lawful right to be.What does that mean? Well it practically means if...

• STRICT LIABILITY FOR DOG BITES - A LEGAL DISCUSSION

  Jeremy Thurman | March 15, 2008 3:27 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  Oklahoma is a strict liability state for dog bites against the owner of the dog if you are able to prove ownership and that the dog actually bit someone. Strict liability may seem easy to prove, but when insurance companies are involved it is not always so ease. I'm going to write a short three part series explaining the basic principles of dog bite law in Oklahoma. In the coming days I will...

• Who Pays for Damages In a Dog Attack

  Jeremy Thurman | March 10, 2008 10:00 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  A recent comprehensive study of dog attack injuries revealed that dogs bite approximately 4.7 million Americans every year. Of these, about 800,000 dog bite victims require medical attention. Each year, 1.8% of the U.S. population is bitten by a dog. One out of every six of the dog bite victims has to seek medical care because of an attack. Tragically, almost half of all dog bite victims are...

• Dog Bite Case(2)

  Jeremy Thurman | November 19, 2007 4:23 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  Dog Bite cases are becoming more and more common in our practice. People often do not understand that if your bitten by a dog, you have a legal recourse. People carry home owners insurance for these specific types of incidents. Don't let insurance companies get away with paying nothing for your injuries.