Posts tagged dog bite

• Vicious Dog Attack Injures Noble Child

  Jeremy Thurman | August 21, 2009 3:14 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Miscellaneous
  

  According to newsok.com a 12 year-old boy was attacked Thursday evening by 5 dogs. The article states that Ronnie Kessler had 20 to 30 lacerations from the attack, including a deeper forearm...

• Woman Mauled by Hunting Dogs - Suffers Nearly Fatal Injuries

  Jeremy Thurman | August 04, 2009 7:50 AM | 2 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Miscellaneous
  

  I’m originally from Southeast Oklahoma where deer hunting is a way of life. Although not legal in Oklahoma, I recall often hearing people “running dogs” during deer season....

• Pit Bull Attack Harms Two Oklahoma Men

  Jeremy Thurman | July 26, 2009 11:56 PM | 4 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Miscellaneous
  

  I’ve blogged extensively over the last month regarding dog bite incidents, Oklahoma law regarding dog bites and discussed the dangers of more aggressive breeds as well as the correlation that...

• Dog Drags Newborn from Family Home

  Jeremy Thurman | July 21, 2009 1:50 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Miscellaneous
  

  MSN is reporting that a newborn has been hospitalized in critical condition after being attacked by his family’s dog. The articles states that an infant had been placed in his crib for a nap....

• Oklahoma Dog Bites - A Continued Discussion on Breeds

  Jeremy Thurman | July 16, 2009 11:58 AM | 2 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Miscellaneous
  

  I recently posted a blog entitled “Dangerous Dogs - Does Breed Matter.” The blog elicited quite a response from what appear to be “pit-bull” enthusiasts to those who would...

• Dangerous Dogs - Does Breed Matter

  Jeremy Thurman | July 12, 2009 12:15 PM | 20 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Deadly Dogs and the Dirty Truth: In 2007 Michael Vick was identified as a key player in an unlawful dog fighting ring. In turn, this has generated much debate over dangerous dog breeds and the...

• Dog Bites - Why You Hire An Attorney

  Jeremy Thurman | May 21, 2008 5:32 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Miscellaneous
  

  I was recently reading “West’s Jury Verdicts – Oklahoma Reports” when I came across a reported settlement by what I assume is State Farm in a dog bite incident. Basically, a minor was bitten by 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 Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  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 Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  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 Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  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...