California Dog Bite Lawyer – Barry L. Edzant

As an experienced, aggressive California dog bite lawyer, the law offices of Barry L. Edzant specializes in helping victims of canine attacks receive fair compensation for their injuries. We’ve witnessed the incidence of dog bites in California growing at an alarming rate. You may not know that nearly 4.7 million people are bitten by dogs every year – that’s a whopping 2% of the country’s entire population every 365 days!

Some of these bites are minor and barely break the skin - but more than 80,000 of those bites require medical attention and almost two dozen people die annually as a result of dog bites.

Sadly, the majority of those who die are children.

After the Attack

Being bitten by a dog can be a traumatic experience. You may be afraid and confused in addition to being injured. Immediately after an attack, we want you to attend take care of yourself - seek treatment. Even if the bite seems minor, you should get medical attention. Dogs can pass on diseases, including rabies, to their victims don’t take chances. If possible, you should make contact with the dog’s owner and attempt to get a copy of the dog’s vaccination record to prevent you or your child from having to go through a round of painful preventative rabies shots.

We recommend that our clients write down notes about the attack, including what time it occurred. You need to get your memories of the events down on paper as soon as possible, because over time your memory will fade or change - which can make it harder for us, your California dog bite lawyer, to build your case.

Don’t Go It Alone!

You may be tempted to try to handle the situation on your own with the dog owner, especially if they are a neighbor. However, even if you do manage to get the owner to cover your medical bills (highly unlikely), you won’t receive compensation for pain and suffering, future medical expenses, scarring and lost wages, and other related expenses from the dog’s owner without without help from a knowledgeable and experienced California dog bite lawyer like Barry Edzant. The bottom line is that people are almost always apologetic for an incident until you start giving them the bills, then they try to pass the buck. Don’t let this happen to you – you deserve better.

Of course, some dog owners will attempt to tell you their dog didn’t do anything wrong by biting you. They may argue you were on their property or that you did something to provoke the dog. The good news, as we’ve learned through our extensive dog bite litigation experience, that California has very strict liability laws regarding dog bites.

There are a few exceptions in which the victim may be held responsible for the attack, but in the vast majority of cases that the law offices of Barry Edzant has handled, the dog owner has been required to pay and to accept full responsibility for the incident.

Don’t Wait – Contact Us Today

Don’t let the breed of dog that bit you discourage you from calling our law offices immediately. While pit bulls, rottweilers and similar breeds are most commonly associated with dog bites, even small breeds can cause considerable injury or even death.

You may be embarrassed about coming forward when the breed is small or does only minor damage. Regardless of the culprit’s breed or the severity of the injury, Barry L. Edzant, your California dog bite lawyer, will ensure that you receive fair compensation for your injuries.

Every minute that you wait is potentially damaging to your case – so contact us today.

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