Pages On: Animal Attacks
Animals are one of nature’s greatest gifts, but their nature can be somewhat hazardous to humans. A poorly trained or abused dog is likely to have detrimental behaviour towards people, and can bite and seriously injure them. If an animal attacks you, and there is sufficient evidence for conviction, then the owner is liable, and you will be entitled to personal injury compensation.
Vicious dog attack causes serious injury
Posted: 2 March 2016
Posted in: Animal Attacks, Neck Injuries
A 33-year-old Yorkshire man has been rushed to hospital following a vicious dog attack in the Gleadless area yesterday afternoon. Police were called to the area when it was reported that a Staffordshire bull-terrier cross-breed dog had mauled the man, who is as yet unnamed, inflicting injuries that a neighbour described as “terrible”. He said: “I’ve never seen anything like it in my life”. The victim has sustained serious injuries to his neck and was rushed to hospital, where his condition is being described as critical. A spokesman from South Yorkshire Police…
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Man rescues child from dog attack
Posted: 30 November 2015
Posted in: Animal Attacks, Head and Brain Injuries
A Leicestershire Crown Court judge has praised a man after saving a four-year-old child from a serious dog attack. It was heard that the dog had clamped its jaws on the young girl’s face, so the man wrestled the dog off her and managed to tether it. It was heard that the Staffordshire bull terrier, Bullet, had escaped from its owner’s garden and attacked a few of the children playing in the street. Andrei Ghitoaica witnessed the dog attack after hearing screams of distress from the young girl’s mother who…
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Cambridgeshire police force pay out over £20k in workplace injury compensation
Posted: 27 July 2015
Posted in: Animal Attacks, Finger Injuries, Workplace Injuries
Following a Freedom of Information request, it has been revealed that Cambridgeshire Police has paid out over £20,000 in compensation to staff in a five-year period. Claims ranged from dog bites to injuries caused by a collapsing desk, with a total of 16 claims made since 2010, (of which seven were successful). The force was unable to specify which seven claims were successful because of the Data Protection Act. It was revealed that a total of 16 claims were made against the force by staff, including 6 trip or fall…
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Dog Bite Compensation Claims for Bristol
Posted in: Animal Attacks
Our team of specialist personal injury solicitors** are experts in dog bite law. We can help clients in Bristol who have been bitten by a dog, or who have been a victim of a dog attack. The types of people that we can help claim dog bite compensation typically include: Members of the public bitten on private and public landPeople bitten by police dogsChildren and babiesPostmen and postwomenDelivery driversMeter reader employees Our dog bite solicitors** work on a no win no fee* agreement, meaning anybody in Bristol can make a…
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More than five a week bitten by police dogs
Posted: 25 November 2014
Posted in: Animal Attacks, Leg Injuries
New figures have revealed that police dogs bite an average of five people every week in London alone. Compensation paid out to dog bite victims has more than doubled in the last three years, standing at £250,000. The lawyers representing the victims described the number of attacks as “troubling” and said that the force should be doing more to prevent these accidents from happening. Over the last three years the Met police recorded a total of 827 dog attacks – figures released following a Freedom of Information request. Where the…
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Dog owner banned
Posted: 30 September 2014
Posted in: Animal Attacks
A man from Bedworth has been banned from owning dogs after he pleaded guilty to owning dangerous dogs that caused injury. 58-year-old Jasvinder Chana admitted to owning two dogs that caused injury on two separate occasions, on Monday 11th August and Wednesday 13th August. The victims, a fourteen-year-old boy and a fourteen-year-old girl, were both left with severe injuries following the attacks. Mr Chana had been out walking his dogs in his local area when the incidents happened. One of his dogs, a German Shepard, has had a destruction order placed on…
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Outcry over dog destruction
Posted: 28 September 2014
Posted in: Animal Attacks, Shop Accidents, Workplace Injuries
A wave of public anger has overcome the Derby community after a destruction order was placed on a dog forced to bite a shop assistant by its owner. Tia, a “pitbull or Staffordshire” type dog, was forced by her owner, Jessiah Johnson, to attack a shop assistant in November last year. Magistrates ordered the destruction of the dog following the incident, which has resulted in a public outcry with people arguing that the dog should not be held responsible. Tia was ordered to bite the assistant by its owner, after…
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Police officers receive £3m in compensation
Posted: 24 July 2014
Posted in: Animal Attacks, Bicycle Accidents, Faulty Work Equipment, Workplace Injuries
New figures have revealed that Police officers receive an estimated £3million in compensation for minor injures every year. Injuries in the last year ranged from officers falling off bikes to being bitten by dogs. According to legislation, however, Police forces are only supposed to pay damages if more could have been done to prevent the accident from happening in the first place. This would involve ensuring that the work environment was safe and that protective clothing suited the nature of the work. The biggest compensation sum received was £138,000 by an…
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Dog attacks continue to rise
Posted: 4 June 2014
Posted in: Animal Attacks
Following Saturday’s accident, which saw a woman viciously attacked by two dogs in Leominster, police have recognised that the number of dog attacks is on the rise. The attack on Saturday saw the main victim airlifted to hospital, while a further two women were also significantly injured and required hospital treatment. It was believed that the two dogs were a Bull Mastiff and a Staffordshire Bull Terrier. The woman remains in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in a stable condition. Staffordshire Police reported that they have dealt with around 200 dog-attack accidents…
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Dog bites most common in deprived areas
Posted: 25 April 2014
Posted in: Animal Attacks, Hand Injuries, Head and Brain Injuries
A report has revealed that there are three times as many hospital admissions for dog bites in England’s most deprived areas than in the least. The report was released by the Health and Social Care Information Centre, which showed Merseyside to have the highest rate of dog attacks, accounting for 6,740 admissions – a figure up 6% on the previous year. It also highlighted children to be the most common victims. The data displayed a strong correlation between the number of dog attacks occurring, and where the attacks took place. It was…
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Woman mauled by dog on Blackpool promenade
Posted: 20 July 2013
Posted in: Animal Attacks, Leg Injuries
Detectives have released details regarding a recent dog attack that took place on Blackpool promenade. Lesley Wilson (54) was viciously attacked at around 23:00 BST on the 8th July near the sea wall, in the south side of the popular resort. Following the attack, Ms Wilson has endured two operations – one being a skin graft. Dog attacked for no reason At the time of the attack, Ms. Wilson was with her friend, both of whom are deaf, and said they had been walking down the promenade when the dog attacked…
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