Utah Dog Bite Guide

If you have been injured from a dog bite in the state of Utah, there are a number of things you should do right away. First, you need to seek out medical care for the injuries that you have. You need to get in to see a doctor so that you can understand what your injuries are and what you need to do to heal from those injuries. Second, it’s important that you follow any instructions or any recommendations from your doctor. Insurance companies will look and see if you’ve followed the doctor’s instructions. If you did not, they will offer less value on your case.

Third, it is important to hire an attorney early on. You want someone who can organize your case. This will help you avoid some of the common mistakes and pitfalls that people fall into on their own. Fourth, when selecting an attorney, it’s important that you hire a trial attorney. A trial attorney is one who is willing to take your case to a jury verdict. The insurance companies know who the trial attorneys are, and they treat cases differently that are run by trial attorneys, offering more value and more compensation.

If you’ve been bitten or injured by a dog, you may be looking for an attorney. You need somebody who has experience in dealing with the dog bite statute and successfully handling those cases. You need somebody who does that on a regular basis and focuses on personal injury, including dog bites.

The third thing you’re going to want is a trial attorney. If you’re preparing the case, you should prepare it right from the beginning as if you were going to go to trial, increase the settlement value, and let an insurance company know that if you have to, you’re willing to go to trial, and that you know what you’re doing.

If you’ve been bit by a dog in the state of Utah, you’ll almost certainly get a call from the homeowner’s insurance company wanting to take your recorded statement. I recommend that you not do that. What they want to do is get the information that helps their case, and hurts your case, and they will use it against you. Instead, I would contact an attorney, talk to them about it, and then get the attorney involved before making a recorded statement.

I speak with a lot of people who come in and have been bitten by dogs, and they want to know if a homeowner’s policy really covers the damages caused by a dog bite. Some homeowner’s policies will exclude certain breeds of dogs that are known as dangerous breeds. If you were bit by a dog that is one of those breeds, the homeowner’s policy has the opportunity to not cover and not pay the damages. There are a number of other possible exclusions, as well, that an experienced dog bite attorney can help you understand.

People ask me regularly, “What’s the value of a case for somebody who’s been bitten by a dog?” That’s a very tough question, initially, to answer. If somebody calls and says, “I was just bitten by a dog,” It’s hard to know the value of a case initially. Part of the reason is that a dog bite is unique in that it usually creates a lot of scarring. If the scarring is on the face or arm, it changes things. It also depends on the medical treatment that’s received and how well that works, and how long you’re going to have to deal with that, and what the limitations are going to be from the dog bite.

In this area, if you’ve been bitten by a dog and want to talk about the value of the case and some of those issues, it’s a good idea to call an experienced personal injury attorney.

If you’re bitten by a dog in the state of Utah, the owner or keeper of that dog has strict liability. That means that they have fault established to them right away. If they have a sign that says, “Beware of Dog,” that doesn’t change the strict liability, and they are still at fault.

I was meeting with an individual the other day who was out on a walk, and while he was out walking, a dog came running out from somebody’s yard and bit them on the arm. He came in and he asked me, “How long does it take to resolve a dog bite case in the state of Utah?” The answer to that question depends on a number of factors. One of the big factors is how long it’s going to take you to recover from the injury that you sustained. Some dog bites heal very quickly, while other dog bites take a lot more time to heal and require a lot more aggressive type of medicine to make a full recovery.

Once we understand what your injuries are and what it takes to recover, we’ll gather up all of your bills and records from your medical providers and we’ll use those bills and records to negotiate a settlement with the insurance company. Many times, and in a lot of cases, we are able to negotiate a fair settlement with the insurance company. However, at times, if the insurance company is unwilling to make a fair offer, we then would take your case to the court system and to litigation.

Understand that we are always pushing to resolve your case as quickly as we can, while at the same time knowing you only get to settle the claim one time. We don’t want to settle a claim until we understand what the full extent is of your injuries are.

If you’ve been bitten by a dog and the owner of that dog doesn’t have insurance, you still have a claim against the owner of the dog. We recommend that first you seek any medical care that you need to heal from the injuries. Then we recommend talking with a dog bite injury attorney that can help you understand what possible avenues of compensation there could be in your particular case.

When someone has been seriously injured from a dog bite in the state of Utah, there are some common mistakes that we often see made. Mistake number one is people will not seek out the medical care that they need right away. If you have been injured, it’s important that you get into a doctor that can help you begin to heal from the dog bite. Mistake number two is that people will not follow the recommendations of their doctor. If a doctor has instructed you to do something, it’s important that you follow that doctor’s instructions.

Mistake number three is that people will not hire an attorney to help them with their dog bite case. An attorney can step in early on in the process and help organize your case, and help you avoid some of the common mistakes and pitfalls that many people fall into. Mistake number four is when someone is selecting an attorney, it’s important that they hire a trial attorney. An attorney that is willing to take a case to court and to a jury verdict is treated differently by insurance companies than an attorney that is unwilling to take a case to court and to a jury verdict.

People often wonder, after they’ve been bitten by a dog, whether or not they have a case in the state of Utah. The laws on dog bites vary from state to state, and some states allow dog owners “one free bite” before they’re held responsible for any subsequent bites. That’s not the case in the state of Utah.

In Utah, dog owners are responsible for every bite, including the first bite. If you have been bitten by a dog, we recommend that you seek the medical care that you need and document any of the damages with pictures and video. We recommend that you hire an attorney that’s experienced in dog bites and that is a trial attorney that is willing to take a dog bite case to a jury verdict.

In the state of Utah, if you’re bitten by a dog, it comes under a dog bite statute and the person who is in charge of that dog at the time of the bite can be responsible. You need to look at who has control of the dog, or should have had control of the dog, and they could be a party to any claim for a dog bite in the state of Utah.