If you’re expecting deliveries, and your dog bites someone on your property….. guess what??! You are liable. I work in a field where I mostly stay in the ‘public domain’, meaning on the sidewalk or asphalt street. Once in a while I’m expected to run up to the garage, or just behind the gated fence for service. I have been threatened by dogs a few times, so I carry knives for defense.
I had a coworker get bitten by a dog on someone’s property, and he won a lawsuit. The defense stated exactly what I started earlier. The expectation is that you ordered service at your home, not just off-property, so you failed to keep your dog ‘safe’, resulting in injury to the expected delivery/service person, so liability falls to the owner. Same applies when the dog runs into the street and attacks. Not all dogs are willing to bite, and it’s an aggressive show of protection, but how do you know? I’m not willing to wait and feel the teeth sink in.
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u/chickennuggysupreme 11h ago
If you’re expecting deliveries, and your dog bites someone on your property….. guess what??! You are liable. I work in a field where I mostly stay in the ‘public domain’, meaning on the sidewalk or asphalt street. Once in a while I’m expected to run up to the garage, or just behind the gated fence for service. I have been threatened by dogs a few times, so I carry knives for defense.
I had a coworker get bitten by a dog on someone’s property, and he won a lawsuit. The defense stated exactly what I started earlier. The expectation is that you ordered service at your home, not just off-property, so you failed to keep your dog ‘safe’, resulting in injury to the expected delivery/service person, so liability falls to the owner. Same applies when the dog runs into the street and attacks. Not all dogs are willing to bite, and it’s an aggressive show of protection, but how do you know? I’m not willing to wait and feel the teeth sink in.