Animal Bites
An animal bite injury is a lot different from other types of personal injury claims. The injuries can be more traumatizing and exceptionally painful. The complexity of the laws around animal bites can make financial recovery more challenging. But with an animal attack attorney on your side, your odds are a lot better.
My name is Melissa Kelley, and I solve problems. For five years as an attorney and 20 years as an insurance litigation manager, I was on the front lines of personal injury claims and negotiations. For people facing animal attack injuries, I offer insight and guidance into the next steps. I’m an advocate through this difficult time.
What Makes An Animal Attack So Dangerous?
Animal attacks are always extremely serious situations. Anyone who has received a bite or scratch from an animal must seek medical attention right away. There are many dangers associated with these sorts of attacks, such as:
- Viciousness: Many animals who attack humans are doing so under a perceived threat. However, unlike a person, animals don’t have any control of their actions. They will continue attacking a threat until it is neutralized. This leads to extensive injuries.
- Infections: Dog bites, cat bites and other animal attack injuries can come with extremely nasty infections. There have been reports of flesh-eating viruses to rabies to all kinds of dangerous viral and bacterial contaminations.
- Wound type: Animals mainly claw and bite, but larger animals can trample or gore a person. Any of these attacks represent a unique, difficult-to-treat wound that can also push bacteria and viruses deeper.
Animal attacks in public can happen in seeming moments, without warning and cause an extensive amount of pain and suffering. Wounds to the head and face, especially, may require months of plastic surgery to recover from disfigurement.
These costs are going to be fought by those responsible, and you deserve my help in securing the compensation you need.
Negligence And Dog Owners
Virginia has specific laws regarding dogs that are deemed dangerous. A main aspect of those rules is a “one bite law.” One bite law – by and large – holds dog owners completely liable for those injuries if there is a reason to believe the dog is dangerous.
However, how does the law determine what a dangerous dog is? There could be a history of attacks or not. But the fact is, if a dog owner does not act to maintain safety around their dog, they can be on the hook for your injuries.
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When you’ve got the challenges that come with a dog bite or animal attack, you don’t need the insurance company making things harder for you. I’ll help you solve the problems ahead so you can focus on what you need to. Call my office at or send an email using this form.