In Connecticut, if any dog does any type of damage to either an individual’s body or property, the dog owner, or, if the owner is a minor, the parent or guardian of the minor, will be liable for that damage, except when the same damage has occurred to the body or property of a person who, at that same time the damage was sustained, had been committing a trespass or other offense, or may have been teasing, doing harm to or abusing the dog.

In the case of a minor, who was injured by the dog, was under the age of seven during the time that the damage occurred, it has to be proven that the minor was not trespassing, teasing, harming or abusing the dog, then the burden of proof would have to be toward the owner of the dog in this lawsuit. Plaintiff may recover damages if the threatening attitude of dog scared him and caused a fall.

Under the Connecticut liability statute, there is a three-year statute of limitation. The owner of the dog is liable to the plaintiff regardless if the dog has been vicious before or if the owner had knowledge of this. The liability statute permits the individual bitten by the dog to recover monetary damages without having to prove any fault by the owner of the dog. In Connecticut , it does not matter if the dog bite occurred at the owner’s property, another public place or a private location. Once the dog belongs the owner is what matters.

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.

If you are a dog owner in Connecticut 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.

A Connecticut dog bite lawyer can be retained to help in handling all the procedures of the case to get the most monetary damages or to see if the case warrants filing or not.

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