Eleven-year old Jacklyn Tanner went over to her friend’s house of a sleepover and became the victim of a brutal attack by her friend’s family dog. Jacklyn was watching a movie with her friend when she rolled off the couch. As she tried to get up, the family’s dog, a…
State Farm Insurance, one of the largest insurance companies in the United States, paid out over $109 million for about 3,800 dog bite claims last year alone. This amount is up almost $20 million from the $90 million paid out for claims in 2010. National surveyor, the Insurance Information Institute,…
Seventy-six year old Walter Roach was out taking a walk one Wednesday morning in his Miramar neighborhood when he was attacked by his neighbor’s pit bulls. As Roach was walking, a larger pit bull, called “Reds” by his owner, and two pit bull puppies ran up to him and began…
In February 2009, eighty-three year old Port St. Lucie resident Robert Klatch was riding in a gold cart, with his shih tzu, Shayna, running alongside. As Shayna was running, she was approached and attacked by a pitbull named Buddy. Klatch stopped the golf cart and trying to prevent the attack.…