The general rule used to be that a dog was entitled to its first bite and that any bite thereafter could mandate compensation to the victim of the bite. Times have change. The seminal decision Clark v. Joyner, 242Ga App 421, 422 - 423, 530 SE2d 45 (2000), which declared that henceforth in Georgia liability attaches to the owner of a biting|attacking dog upon proof of superior knowledge of the dog’s vicious or dangerous temperament, not the issue of whether or not the dog has ever bitten in the past. Accord, Suppan v. Griffin, 238 GaApp 404, 406, 519 SE2d 22 (1999); Thurmond v. Saffo, 238 GaApp 687, 688, 520 SE2d 43 (1999). Further, liability can arise from a dog that causes injury being allowed to run free or being negligently supervised without a fence. O.C.G.A. § 51-2-7, titled “Liability of owner or keeper of vicious or dangerous animal for injuries caused by an animal”, was amended on July 1, 1995 to include a cause of action [reflecting our societal concern over vicious dogs being kept in the state] for violating any county “leash law”: The statue being based upon strict adherence to the growing societal intolerance for stray dogs and dogs running at large. All dogs have to be on an owner’s property, on a leash, or at heel: No exception. And when you contemplate it at length, that is the way it should be. I like dogs a lot but I want to walk, ride my bike, my motorcycle, walk my dog on a leash without being accosted by dogs at large. Don't youWhen Humpy's Been A Bad Dog
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The general rule used to be that a dog was entitled to its first bite and that any bite thereafter could mandate compensation to the victim of the bite. Times have change. The seminal decision Clark v. Joyner, 242Ga App 421, 422 - 423, 530 SE2d 45 (2000), which declared that henceforth in Georgia liability attaches to the owner of a biting|attacking dog upon proof of superior knowledge of the dog’s vicious or dangerous temperament, not the issue of whether or not the dog has ever bitten in the past. Accord, Suppan v. Griffin, 238 GaApp 404, 406, 519 SE2d 22 (1999); Thurmond v. Saffo, 238 GaApp 687, 688, 520 SE2d 43 (1999). Further, liability can arise from a dog that causes injury being allowed to run free or being negligently supervised without a fence. O.C.G.A. § 51-2-7, titled “Liability of owner or keeper of vicious or dangerous animal for injuries caused by an animal”, was amended on July 1, 1995 to include a cause of action [reflecting our societal concern over vicious dogs being kept in the state] for violating any county “leash law”: The statue being based upon strict adherence to the growing societal intolerance for stray dogs and dogs running at large. All dogs have to be on an owner’s property, on a leash, or at heel: No exception. And when you contemplate it at length, that is the way it should be. I like dogs a lot but I want to walk, ride my bike, my motorcycle, walk my dog on a leash without being accosted by dogs at large. Don't you
The general rule used to be that a dog was entitled to its first bite and that any bite thereafter could mandate compensation to the victim of the bite. Times have change. The seminal decision Clark v. Joyner, 242Ga App 421, 422 - 423, 530 SE2d 45 (2000), which declared that henceforth in Georgia liability attaches to the owner of a biting|attacking dog upon proof of superior knowledge of the dog’s vicious or dangerous temperament, not the issue of whether or not the dog has ever bitten in the past. Accord, Suppan v. Griffin, 238 GaApp 404, 406, 519 SE2d 22 (1999); Thurmond v. Saffo, 238 GaApp 687, 688, 520 SE2d 43 (1999). Further, liability can arise from a dog that causes injury being allowed to run free or being negligently supervised without a fence. O.C.G.A. § 51-2-7, titled “Liability of owner or keeper of vicious or dangerous animal for injuries caused by an animal”, was amended on July 1, 1995 to include a cause of action [reflecting our societal concern over vicious dogs being kept in the state] for violating any county “leash law”: The statue being based upon strict adherence to the growing societal intolerance for stray dogs and dogs running at large. All dogs have to be on an owner’s property, on a leash, or at heel: No exception. And when you contemplate it at length, that is the way it should be. I like dogs a lot but I want to walk, ride my bike, my motorcycle, walk my dog on a leash without being accosted by dogs at large. Don't you