Walk It Through: The Neighbor's Dog
Strictly liable without provocation, a fine on top, and a remedy that adds to any other.
A jogger is bitten on a public sidewalk by a dog that got out of a yard.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One jogger and one loose dog. Damages in detail, dangerous dog ordinances, and the deadline to sue are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.