MICHIGAN -- Our Royal Oak dog bite lawyers recently won a settlement for a 9 year old boy in a dog bite lawsuit.
The nine year old boy suffered a dog bite to his face by a neighbor’s dog. He was playing at his friend’s house with some other neighborhood kids.
When he went to pet the family’s black Labrador retriever, the dog bit him in the face. Witnesses to the attack did not see the boy do anything to provoke the dog.
The dog bite caused a significant facial laceration and the boy was taken to the emergency department at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan.
A plastic surgeon cleaned up the wound and put stitches in his face. Despite the prompt treatment, the bite has left a significant disfiguring scar just above his lip. He was seen by another plastic surgeon who recommended a revision surgery after the boy reaches his teens. This would minimize the scar but it is expected that an observable scar will exist even after the surgery.
Our attorneys filed the Royal Oak dog bite lawsuit against the dog owner in the Oakland County Circuit Court in Pontiac, Michigan. The lawsuit sought a settlement for the pain and suffering, scar and disfigurement, medical expenses, and future costs of plastic surgery.
Prior to trial, the homeowner’s insurance company for the dog owner agreed to pay a settlement of $142,500.00 to the child.
(Buckfire & Buckfire - November 6, 2014)
