Pet Tales: Dog bites cost almost half a billion dollars

2 charged after dog bites boy - twice

Never reach into anything to pet a dog. If a dog approaches to sniff you, stand still. If you are threatened by a dog, remain calm. Yelling, screaming, running or engaging in eye contact will provoke the dog more. If possible, slowly back away.
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Pleasanton: Couple arrested after dog bites son twice in the face

Marc Kornberg , who owned the dog and lived in the apartment, was home at the time along with the boy's mother, 27-year-old Myrvete Lila of Dublin. The boy was treated for his wounds at a hospital, Bretzing said, and the dog was seized. An investigation then revealed that the Presa Canario had earlier bitten the boy in the face after the two were left alone in a room on March 6, an attack that also required hospital treatment, Bretzing said. The dog was at that time temporarily placed on home quarantine at Kornberg's request. After the second incident, the dog was found to be vicious at a public hearing and was sent to a rehabilitation and training facility in Ohio, police said.
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Kornberg's son suffered multiple facial injuries in the May 19 incident; he was transported to a hospital and later released. On March 6, he had been treated for similar injuries and released. Police said that in both cases, the child had been left alone in a room with the dog. Prosecutors issued felony warrants for Kornberg and Myrvete, and the child was placed with Alameda County Child Protective Services. The dog, whose name is "Boston," was taken to the Alameda County Dog Shelter in Dublin, where it underwent home quarantine and was later released without any issues. On May 28, a public dog hearing was held in Pleasanton and a judge determined the dog to be vicious. Kornberg chose to send the dog to Ohio. In 2001, Diane Whipple, a lacrosse coach at St.
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Jane Levine Fuccillo and William Fuccillo, Defendants- respondents, Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, Docket No. A-1273-11t1, the court addressed whether dog owners can be held liable if their dog bit the person whom they've paid to care for it. In order to fully understand the issue, a review of New Jersey law is in order. When it comes to dog bites, New Jersey is a "strict liability" state. In other words, legal liability is strictly imposed by state law (statute) on the owner of a dog that bites someone.
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It knows what I bought and when I bought it and where I was at the time. It knows my sizes and my credit card number and if it knows all that, it knows pretty much everything. I long ago sacrificed a measure of privacy for convenience. One click will do it. I also made the same sort of deal for security. I assumed the government was doing at least what Google was doing -- and Google, I'm convinced, is the new Santa Claus: It sees you when you're sleeping, it knows when you're awake. It knows when you've been bad or good, so be good for goodness' sake.
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