The file
Guides
Written to be used the week of the bite, not to rank a slogan. Start with the pillar if you do not know where you are.
The pillar
What to do after a dog bite
A practical sequence after a dog bite: medical care, evidence, animal control, insurance, and when a lawyer is actually worth calling.
Hiring · 11 min
How to choose a dog bite lawyer
What actually distinguishes a good dog-bite attorney: volume in this claim type, insurance-defense literacy, trial posture, and how they get paid.
Money · 12 min
Dog bite settlement amounts
The 2025 average dog-related insurance claim was $65,450. Here is what that number is, what it is not, and what actually moves a dog-bite settlement.
Liability · 10 min
Strict liability vs the one-bite rule
In a strict-liability state you do not prove the dog was known to be dangerous. In a one-bite state you usually do. Here is how that split works, and which facts still matter everywhere.
Insurance · 9 min
Homeowners insurance and dog bites
Most dog-bite money comes from a homeowners or renters policy, not from the owner. Coverage, exclusions, medical payments, and why the first check is not the claim.
Deadlines · 8 min
Dog bite statute of limitations
Most states give you two years from the bite to file a lawsuit. Kentucky and Tennessee give you one. Maine, Minnesota, and North Dakota give you six. Missing it ends the case.
Damages · 8 min
Dog bite scars and damages
The visible scar, the hidden nerve, revision surgery, and why settling a dog-bite claim before the wound has declared itself is how people sell their face cheap.
Children · 8 min
Dog bites and children
Children are most of the serious dog-bite story: faces, growth plates, school, and a limitations clock that does not work the way parents think.
Third parties · 7 min
Landlord liability for dog bites
Owners are the first defendant. Landlords and associations enter the case when they knew a dog was dangerous and had the power to do something.
Evidence · 7 min
How to document a dog bite
Photographs, medical records, animal-control reports, witness names, clothing, and the owner’s insurance — the evidence kit for a dog-bite claim.
Place · 7 min
Dog bites on private property
Most statutes care whether you were lawfully on the land. Guests, delivery workers, and trespassers are three different cases.
Triage · 6 min
When you need a dog bite lawyer
Not every bite needs a lawyer. Stitches, scars, children, vanished owners, and one-bite states are when hiring stops being optional.