A dog bite can cause irreparable and very serious injuries, particularly to a child. Owners of dogs or other dangerous animals can prevent the animal or dog from causing injury to a person simply by keeping the animal in such a manner that it cannot harm people. Because injuries by dogs or other dangerous animals can be easily prevented, laws regarding such injuries are very strict. A court can even order a dog to be put to death if it causes serious injury to a person or another domestic animal on two separate occasions, and the owner was notified after the first instance that the dog caused an injury.
Dog Bite Lawsuits
In order to preserve your rights to be compensated for injuries caused by a dog bite, attack or any other injury by a dangerous animal, you must file a lawsuit before the statute of limitations runs out. If a lawsuit is not filed, then rights to compensation may be lost.
Injuries Caused by Dog Bites
Often times, the severity of all of the injuries caused by a single dog bite or attack by a dog or other viscous animal are not immediately known or discovered during the initial medical examinations. In many instances, the damage to muscle or other soft tissues becomes apparent only after a period of time to allow the immediate injuries to heal. Unfortunately, some cases involve death, which may occur immediately, or after a period of time when complications arise.
Expert Advice - Experienced Lawyers
If you, your spouse, or your child has been injured as a result of a dog bite or attack by a dangerous animal, please contact Attorney Peter Waltz or Attorney Ann Brandau for a confidential free initial consultation to understand your legal rights.
Brandau & Waltz Law Offices, LLP
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For more than thirty combined years, Attorney Ann Brandau & Attorney Peter Waltz, the founders of the law offices of Brandau & Waltz have helped people across Wisconsin and Minnesota find workable, reliable, and effective solutions to their family law, divorce, custody, support, injury, worker's compensation, social security and other legal problems.
Attorney Peter Waltz helps people throughout Wisconsin and Minnesota with injury, accident, Social Security and worker's compensation claims and appeals. Attorney Waltz represents people who are either residents of or were injured in Wisconsin or Minnesota. Attorney Waltz frequently handles cases in Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester and Bloomington, Minnesota, as well as La Crosse, Sparta, Black River Falls, Wausau, Hudson, Madison, Green Bay, Appleton and Neenah, Wisconsin.
Attorney Ann Brandau represents people in family law matters (such as divorce, custody, support and modifications to court orders) in Western Wisconsin and Southeast Minnesota. She appears in County Circuit Courts in La Crosse, Monroe, Jackson, Vernon, Trempealeau, and Richland, Wisconsin, as well as Minnesota Courts in Houston, Winona, Wabasha, Olmsted and Fillmore Counties. Attorney Brandau frequently represents military personnel, and residents of La Crosse, Tomah, New Lisbon, Mauston, Elroy, Hillsboro, Richland Center, Muscoda, Boscobel, Prairie du Chien, Viroqua, Westby, Sparta, Black River Falls, Whitehall, Alma, Blair, Onalaska, West Salem, La Crescent, Caledonia, Lansing, Spring Grove, Rushford, Preston, Spring Valley, Stewartville, Rochester, Eyota, St. Charles, Lewiston, Lakeville, Holmen, Dakota, Hokah, Witoka, Cannon Falls, Zumbrota, Pine Island, Byan and Kasson.
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