Dog Bite Attorney

00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:04.120 The first thing to do after a dog bite or a product liability 00:00:04.280 --> 00:00:06.160 injury is to make sure that you're okay. 00:00:08.440 --> 00:00:13.280 A product liability case in Washington State follows a very specific statute that 00:00:13.720 --> 00:00:18.320 lays out how a product has to be safe for the consumers to use. 00:00:19.040 --> 00:00:22.360 If you buy a product, there's a couple of things that go with that. 00:00:22.720 --> 00:00:27.040 There's a guarantee that it's been manufactured correctly so that you can use 00:00:27.200 --> 00:00:31.120 it safely and that you won't end up getting injured. 00:00:31.520 --> 00:00:36.560 Then there's also an element where it has to be designed so that it can be safe. 00:00:36.680 --> 00:00:40.720 Sometimes there are designs that are so bad with a product that it doesn't matter 00:00:40.840 --> 00:00:45.880 how you use it, ultimately, you're more likely than not to be injured. 00:00:46.480 --> 00:00:49.720 In Washington State, we look at those two elements. 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:54.320 When a defective product in Washington State causes injury, 00:00:54.440 --> 00:00:59.920 there's a stream of commerce analysis, which basically means where you purchased 00:01:00.560 --> 00:01:04.880 the defective product all the way through who made it can ultimately 00:01:05.120 --> 00:01:06.495 be held responsible. 00:01:06.520 --> 00:01:10.280 It just depends on how it ends up in the consumer's hands. 00:01:10.360 --> 00:01:15.440 If it's not safe and an individual does get injured, then we're going to find some 00:01:16.240 --> 00:01:18.080 justice and some compensation. 00:01:18.320 --> 00:01:22.160 In Washington State, if someone is attacked by a dog, the dog 00:01:22.720 --> 00:01:26.240 owner is ultimately responsible for whatever the harm is. 00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:31.160 Washington State expects dog owners to be responsible and to make sure that the 00:01:31.360 --> 00:01:34.360 dog isn't causing someone else an injury. 00:01:34.840 --> 00:01:39.015 We have a lot of kids, unfortunately, that are bitten by dogs, so you need to 00:01:39.040 --> 00:01:41.000 make sure the child is taken care of. 00:01:41.560 --> 00:01:43.000 That's first and foremost. 00:01:43.160 --> 00:01:47.800 It means getting medical attention, filling out any police report, 00:01:47.840 --> 00:01:49.520 a complaint, something like that. 00:01:49.600 --> 00:01:54.200 But then the next step is to figure out, "Okay, who is the owner of the dog?" 00:01:54.760 --> 00:01:58.240 Sometimes you need to work with the police in order to find that. 00:01:58.280 --> 00:02:02.440 But ultimately, find out who's responsible for the dog, 00:02:02.480 --> 00:02:06.200 and then that's who you pursue if there's an injury that's occurred. 00:02:06.680 --> 00:02:10.040 A lot of people have either homeowners insurance or 00:02:10.600 --> 00:02:14.560 renters insurance, which will compensate for a dog bite. 00:02:14.960 --> 00:02:17.600 More often than not, we see folks that have some 00:02:18.440 --> 00:02:23.320 policy that will include if, unfortunately, a dog attacks someone else. 00:02:23.920 --> 00:02:27.760 With regard to product liability cases, it's normally not something 00:02:27.800 --> 00:02:29.600 that's covered by insurance. 00:02:29.920 --> 00:02:34.640 Usually, that's from the profits that the manufacturer has made from that product. 00:02:34.960 --> 00:02:35.655 Give us a call. 00:02:35.680 --> 00:02:38.120 We can talk about it, and we'll give you an honest assessment 00:02:38.360 --> 00:02:42.440 whether or not it's worth our time and your time moving forward. 00:02:42.680 --> 00:02:47.000 But if it's a catastrophic injury, which, unfortunately, we see more often 00:02:47.080 --> 00:02:49.160 than not, then it probably is. 00:02:50.120 --> 00:02:52.400 Talk to us. Tell us about the case. 00:02:52.880 --> 00:02:57.320 Tell us about the medical bills that you have, the trauma that you've suffered, 00:02:57.800 --> 00:03:01.640 and more likely than not, you've got a case that we're going to move forward on.