Dog Bites Personal Injury Lawsuits & Liability in Illinois
President Joe Biden's younger dog Major this week was involved in his second biting incident of the month, the White House said Tuesday. The German Shepherd only just returned to the White House last week, along with his sibling Champ, after causing a minor injury to an employee of the U.S. Secret Service. While we certainly cannot say whether these two incidents subject the President to liability, we can say that Illinois has enacted statutory protections for victims of dog bites. The Illinois Animal Control Act provides that “If a dog or other animal, without provocation, attacks, attempts to attack, or injures...
Continue reading