It is obvious that animal owners are not always able to control their dogs, but the law gives room for individuals to file dog bit lawsuit if someone else’s dog has injured them. The Colorado dog bite law was created to help the injured person in filing a lawsuit to recover monetary damages related to dog bite injury.

Colorado ’s dog bite law is very strict and dog owners are liable to the injured in the event that it was their dog that bit the injured individual. This means that no matter what occurred, the owner of the dog is always liable even if that same dog has bitten no one else.

Under the Colorado liability statute indicates that an individual or a personal representative of an individual who suffers any serious bodily injury or death caused by being bitten by a dog is permitted to initiate a civil action in order to recover monetary damages against the owner of the dog, whether the dog was vicious or the owner had knowledge or lack of knowledge of the dog’s viciousness.

This will only happen if the victim who suffered the injury was legally on public or private property at time that the injury occurred or the victim did not do anything to provoke the dog. The strict liability statute is applicable in cases that there is an increased risk of death, serious permanent bodily damage, impairment of an organ of the body or a fracture of a limb.

A dog owner would not be liable if:

• Injury occurred while the injured individual was trespassing on the owner’s property.
• There was clearly a visible “no trespassing” sign on the property.
• If the victim veterinary, dog trainer or health worker acting to perform his or her duties.

If you are a dog owner in Colorado you must do whatever is deemed necessary to protect yourself against a lawsuit. Protection may mean putting up a sign that warns others that your dog may bite. If someone tries to tease the dog and gets bitten, the individual may be partially negligent for any dog bite occurrence.

The dangerous dog statute relates to an owner who has not securely confined a dog that is deemed to be dangerous if unleashed. This owner is responsible for any damages caused if the animal is not on a leash. Escalating incidents of the violation of the Dangerous Dog Statute warrant a more stringent punishment of either two-year jail sentence or $100,000 fine.

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