Dog bite infection costs Canadian her arm, legs

Dog Bites Insurance Companies: Man's Best Friend Behind One-Third of All Homeowner Claims

http://theyarddogs.com/police-dog-bites-womans-thigh-hip-after-lake-mishap/ style='float:left;padding:5px' /> Christine Caron, 49, a single mother of four, was reportedly playing tug-o-war with her three-year-old Shih Tzu, named Buster, when the dog accidentally "nicked" one of her knuckles while attempting to get a better grip on the rope. Her three other dogs came over and licked the wound. "It didn't seem like a big deal," she told the daily Ottawa Citizen. Days later she fell into a coma, and when she awoke in hospital six weeks later doctors told her they would have to amputate three of her limbs after the infection spread. The Capnocytophaga canimorsus bacteria responsible for the infection is commonly found in dog saliva, but rarely leads to infection in humans. According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, only 200 human cases have been reported worldwide since 1976.
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Dogs Put $489M Bite on Home Insurance Industry

The average dog bite claim payout rose from $19,162 in 2003 to $29,752 last year, an increase of 55%. (MORE: Millions on Pet Halloween Costumes? Why We Spend More and More on Pets ) Insurers take notice of such data, and yes, owning a dogespecially one that has bitten someonecan affect your policy. In general, the fact that you have a dog doesnt factor into what rate you pay for homeowners insurance. But as the New York Times noted , once a dog bite takes place at your home, the insurer could raise the premium or even exclude dog-related injuries from coverage. Some animal cruelty prevention societies report that homeowners have been denied insurance because they own certain high-risk breeds of dogs, including Pit Bulls and Rottweilers.
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How to Limit Your Liability If Your Dog Bites

For example, if the dog is a small breed, they may not think anybody could be injured very much by his tiny little chompers. Some owners don't worry because their dog never bites people, though she does tend to be aggressive toward other dogs and cats. Here is a bit of important legal news for such "pet owners in denial": New legislation and court decisions have broadly expanded the liability of owners of biting dogs. Some courts also have been awarding noneconomic damages to dog bite victims, (so-called "pain and suffering" awards) which can go well beyond the payment of lost wages and medical care attributable to the bite. More recently, some courts and legislatures are allowing legal claims by spouses of injured victims for bite-related expenses such as days taken off from work to drive a wife to doctor visits. There are even courts that are considering claims by pet owners for pain suffered by their pets when they are bitten by a dog belonging to someone else.
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Police dog bites costly for Pierce Co. taxpayers

taxpayers Below: By LINDA BYRON / KING 5 News KING5 + - PIERCE COUNTY -- K-9s help police track down dangerous criminals and can save lives. But they can also inflict debilitating injuries and sometimes they go after the wrong person. Mark Roberts was asleep in his Puyallup home when a helicopter woke him up late at night. He stepped outside in his boxer trunks and tee shirt to see what was going on and saw a German shepherd lunging at him, according to Roberts attorney Dennis La Porte. His flanks were chewed up; his arms were chewed up.
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Zion teen receiving largest dog bite settlement in IL history

Half a billion dollars, though, does not begin to quantify the harm done by bites from Fifi, Rex, Laverne, Princess, Laddie-Boy and Busterin other words, from dogs in toto. Toto, too? Yes, even from Toto. As a U.S. Postal Service slogan in support of National Dog Bite Prevention Week says, "There are 70 million good dogs, but ANY DOG CAN BITE ." And whom do dogs most often bite?
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It happened in 2011. The boy was 15-years-old at the time. He was riding his bike when he was attacked by a 120lbs Bull Mastiff named Kong. The dog had escaped from its yard. According to records, the dog attacked the boy until a neighbor intervened.
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