{"id":1241,"date":"2016-07-15T14:59:06","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T14:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/?p=1241"},"modified":"2016-07-15T14:59:06","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T14:59:06","slug":"five-year-olds-family-awarded-150000-after-dog-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/five-year-olds-family-awarded-150000-after-dog-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Five-Year-Old\u2019s Family Awarded $150,000 After Dog Attack."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dogs are commonly referred to as \u201cman&#8217;s best friend,\u201d and for good and legitimate reasons.\u00a0 A dog can be a large and loved part of any family, and often form long lasting relationships with their owners.\u00a0 But, they are still fundamentally animals.\u00a0 <strong>As animals, they still have primal instincts and responses, including occasionally violent ones, sometimes resulting in bites and <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-personal-injury-information-lawyers-attorneys.php\">personal injury<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong> An otherwise loving companion still retains the capacity to cause significant harm and injury at a moment\u2019s notice.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PjBZOOW-vik\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is unfortunately what happened to one Massachusetts five-year-old after he encountered a neighbor\u2019s pit bull.\u00a0 The toddler resided in a multi-family property and the tenants of a nearby unit had a pit bull that the toddler\u2019s parents allege they knew was dangerous.\u00a0 T<strong>he dog reportedly attacked the child without provocation or cause, biting him several times and causing permanent scarring on the boy\u2019s forehead.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To recover for the child\u2019s damages, such as his medical expenses, physical injuries and psychological trauma, they filed a personal injury lawsuit against the dog\u2019s owners and the owner of the property.\u00a0 Their attorney, Paul Tetzel, introduced evidence from the dog owner\u2019s previous landlord that he had evicted the owner because the dog had bitten a child, and was prepared to introduce into evidence the testimony of a former neighbor that the owners knew their dog was dangerous.\u00a0 <strong>The lawsuit was ultimately settled for $150,000.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you sustained injuries from a dog bite, you may be entitled to substantial compensation for your physical injuries, as well as any emotional trauma and financial hardship caused by the accident.\u00a0 Please call us 24\/7 at 617-787-3700 or email us at <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-contact-gilbert-hoy-lawyers-attorneys.php\">info@gilhoylaw.com<\/a> for your free consultation.\u00a0 <strong>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gSCFPk3jAuE\">Boston dog bite lawyer<\/a> experts are specialists in the field. Your needs are our top priority!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dogs are commonly referred to as \u201cman&#8217;s best friend,\u201d and for good and legitimate reasons.\u00a0 A dog can be a large and loved part of any family, and often form long lasting relationships with their owners.\u00a0 But, they are still &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/five-year-olds-family-awarded-150000-after-dog-attack\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[35,36,16,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1241"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1241"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1242,"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1241\/revisions\/1242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}