Dog Bites – Orange County, CA

As a child, Jeff Roberts was seriously bit by a dog and unfortunately his family was taken advantage of by the insurance company. Our Orange County personal injury law firm has dealt extensively with dog bite victim cases.

MR. JEFFREY T. ROBERTS: Dog bite cases are often times the most serious type of cases that we handle here at the Roberts Law Firm. They can lead to disfiguring injuries and all too often they involve children. I, myself, was bitten by a dog when I was five years old and have a scar on my face to this date from that. Unfortunately, my family didn't hire a personal injury attorney to help us and we got taken advantage of by the insurance company. In handling dog bite cases, what we do here at the Roberts Law Firm is we first determine who owns the dog and who would be at fault. Second, we do some background investigation on whether or not the dog has any prior incidences of biting people, particularly if the owner has awareness of the dogs dangerous propensities. It's very, very important that the client get complete medical evaluation and treatment before any case of this nature is settled. In particular when we're dealing with scarring, we need to find out how extensive that scarring will be before we can resolve the case. Once we've done that then we present the case to the insurance company, along with the medical records and the bills and any evidence of permanent disfigurement.