Woman sues neighbor after her pit bulls kill his beagle

[madoka]

I would have guessed Florida.

I like how she's suing them for not securing and confining his dog when it's her dogs that went over to his yard.

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http://news.yahoo.com/woman-sues-owners-dog-killed-her-pit-bulls-194920139.html

A Texas woman whose four pit bulls entered her neighbors' yard through a hole in the fence and killed their 10-year-old beagle is suing them for $1 million.

Emerald White says in her lawsuit filed this week in Galveston County district court that she was "seriously injured" on Oct. 27 trying to stop the attack and retrieve her dogs. She says she suffered "multiple serious bite and scratch-type injuries" and accuses her neighbors of failing to securely confine and restrict their dog, Bailey.

White also contends she's feeling "conscious pain and suffering and now suffers also from fear, anxiety and trepidation."

Bailey's owner, Steve Baker, told The Galveston County Daily News (http://bit.ly/1xrtxoU ) that everyone was telling him to sue White but that he didn't because it wouldn't bring Bailey back and the police declared her dogs dangerous.

"The police took the action I wanted and declared those dogs dangerous and awareness was raised, so I decided to let it go," Baker said. "Now they're suing me for $1 million — I just can't believe it."

Each of the animals must be registered with Texas City annually as a dangerous dog. A sign must be posted in White's yard alerting residents of the danger and she must have a $100,000 liability on the dogs, according to police. A fence at least 6 feet high must also be installed.

Baker said that not long before the incident he had worked to replace parts of the current fence to make it more secure and safe for his dog and family.

 

[shortylickens]

The lady needs to be smacked with a newspaper.

 

[UglyCasanova]

But, but, they are such nice breeds!

 

[olds]

What's it called: contributory negligence? If she can prove he's 10% at fault, doesn't she get 100k? If there is such a thing in TX.

 

[BUTCH1]

But, but, they are such nice breeds!

I have one, 9 yrs now. Thing is that they are prey and dog aggressive by nature, if they are properly socialized when pups this can be mitigated to an extent, with my dog she shows signs of submissive behavior around same-sized dogs but goes nut over poodles and smaller breeds. Problem is that those smaller breeds are often the ones that bark and try and charge a dog 4X it's size. Although she has never shown signs of human aggression I do not EVER let her outside without being hooked up to a steel cable or leached when I walk her, if you own a Pitt (or other aggressive breed) you have an extra responsibility to make sure it does not get loose, unfortunately, moron idiots also own Pitt's and then something tragic and 100% preventable happens. As for this lady I get the feeling the Judge will toss this case before it ever goes to a trial.

 

[feralkid]

Pitt:

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[Red Squirrel]

Situation sucks, but it sucks even more that the neighbor can be sued for this. It's out of their control that the neighbor's dog went on their side and out of their control that their dog killed the other dog in their own yard. And of course because it's a pit bull everyone is going to go ape shit and throw the book at these people.

 

[MongGrel]

Just more stupidity in motion.

I'd hope a judge would tell her to just to go away.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

pit bulls have a homicidal maniac gene. no amount of "awww, he's such a good dog! he would never..." will change that. the only good one is a dead one.

they seem to be pretty popular among the lower class in rhode island. coincidentally, i didn't know until recently that dog fighting was taking place within city lines this far north.

 

[highland145]

Just more stupidity in motion.

I'd hope a judge would tell here just to go away.

I hope the judge and the counter suit will eff her into a box under a bridge.

Smiles will be had.

 

[JTsyo]

I guess she's going with the fact that it was his fence that had the hole in it. Though wouldn't she be responsible for fencing in her own backyard to contain her dogs? She would have to have some sweet talking lawyer to get anyone to side with her.

 

[Kadarin]

The lady needs to be smacked with a newspaper.

She needs to be whacked upside the head at full force with a cast iron frypan.

 

[Noo]

Thread title is confusing as hell

 

[Blanky]

The lady needs to be smacked with a newspaper.

I can think of a better punishment. It involves pitt bulls. What a silly twit, great she got hurt controlling her own dogs, though.

 

[Blanky]

Thread title is confusing as hell

Only because you're trying to use a brain. If you turn it off only then does it make sense. Otherwise, it's just so ridiculous it's hard to believe it's accurate as written.

 

[1sikbITCH]

What's it called: contributory negligence? If she can prove he's 10% at fault, doesn't she get 100k? If there is such a thing in TX.

Well then he sues and she owes 90%.

 

[Belegost]

Situation sucks, but it sucks even more that the neighbor can be sued for this. It's out of their control that the neighbor's dog went on their side and out of their control that their dog killed the other dog in their own yard. And of course because it's a pit bull everyone is going to go ape shit and throw the book at these people.

I think you misunderstood the situation - the pit bulls went into the neighbors yard and killed the neighbor dog. Now the owner of the pit bulls is suing the neighbor with the dead dog because she got scratched and is suffering mentally from the results of her dogs behavior.

 

[HeXen]

My sister in law got sued by the mailman cause her pit ran up to the fence, and that action allegedly made the guy run and jump onto his mail truck and hurt his back. He won $61k ....that's one expensive pit. Not as expensive as this guy's beagles are though.

 

[maniacalpha1-1]

Let me get this straight - HER dogs escaped and she was hurt trying to recover them? And the guy is to blame because his dog was loose? What if they didn't go to his yard but to a yard with a child playing? This is the kind of lawsuit for which the plaintiff should go to jail for even filing it - if I am understanding the circumstances correctly.

 

[BUTCH1]

My sister in law got sued by the mailman cause her pit ran up to the fence, and that action allegedly made the guy run and jump onto his mail truck and hurt his back. He won $61k ....that's one expensive pit. Not as expensive as this guy's beagles are though.

She must have had a shitty lawyer because the mailman should have not been afraid of a dog if it's behind a fence, moreover dogs are something mail-people have to deal with on a daily basis so IMO it's his own fault he freaked out over a non-existent threat.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I think you misunderstood the situation - the pit bulls went into the neighbors yard and killed the neighbor dog. Now the owner of the pit bulls is suing the neighbor with the dead dog because she got scratched and is suffering mentally from the results of her dogs behavior.

Wow that's even more stupid then. The wording sounded more like the dog that died went in the pit bull's yard.

 

[Red Squirrel]

My sister in law got sued by the mailman cause her pit ran up to the fence, and that action allegedly made the guy run and jump onto his mail truck and hurt his back. He won $61k ....that's one expensive pit. Not as expensive as this guy's beagles are though.

Wow that's sad. There really needs to be some kind of limit as to what you can sue for. It's ridiculous that you can literally sue for anything. If you want to get rich quick you just need to think of something petty to sue for. Even if they settle you just set the settlement really high.

Lawsuits should also work more like a casino game, if you sue someone and lose, you need to pay the winner what you were suing for. It would discourage people from suing for ridiculous stuff where they may have a chance to lose and it would also encourage to set the amount to something half reasonable.

 

[William Gaatjes]

I would have guessed Florida.

I like how she's suing them for not securing and confining his dog when it's her dogs that went over to his yard.

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http://news.yahoo.com/woman-sues-owners-dog-killed-her-pit-bulls-194920139.html

A Texas woman whose four pit bulls entered her neighbors' yard through a hole in the fence and killed their 10-year-old beagle is suing them for $1 million.

Emerald White says in her lawsuit filed this week in Galveston County district court that she was "seriously injured" on Oct. 27 trying to stop the attack and retrieve her dogs. She says she suffered "multiple serious bite and scratch-type injuries" and accuses her neighbors of failing to securely confine and restrict their dog, Bailey.

White also contends she's feeling "conscious pain and suffering and now suffers also from fear, anxiety and trepidation."

Bailey's owner, Steve Baker, told The Galveston County Daily News (http://bit.ly/1xrtxoU ) that everyone was telling him to sue White but that he didn't because it wouldn't bring Bailey back and the police declared her dogs dangerous.

"The police took the action I wanted and declared those dogs dangerous and awareness was raised, so I decided to let it go," Baker said. "Now they're suing me for $1 million — I just can't believe it."

Each of the animals must be registered with Texas City annually as a dangerous dog. A sign must be posted in White's yard alerting residents of the danger and she must have a $100,000 liability on the dogs, according to police. A fence at least 6 feet high must also be installed.

Baker said that not long before the incident he had worked to replace parts of the current fence to make it more secure and safe for his dog and family.

I wish that was not a beagle that was attacked but a rabid hyena.
What a stupid woman.

 

[KK]

The wise and beautiful woman oughta be shot.

 

[HeXen]

She must have had a shitty lawyer because the mailman should have not been afraid of a dog if it's behind a fence, moreover dogs are something mail-people have to deal with on a daily basis so IMO it's his own fault he freaked out over a non-existent threat.

But the reality is that they don't set out to specifically hire mailmen that aren't afraid of dogs and furthermore all media focus tends to single out Pit Bulls as the only vicious dog as if they are all vicious and mean which leads to what's basically racism against pits. There are many people that are legitimately afraid of Pits alone...I have one and when I take him for a walk, I've seen the fear on bike riders faces as they ride by. Funny thing is he's the biggest baby and is great around cats and kids...but you can't convince anyone that they can be as friendly as any other nor that other dogs can be just as vicious.

So he took advantage of both, the fear of pits from media focus on bad Pit owner's dogs and his reaction which led to his injury which would not have happened had it not been for his fear of Pits. Plus the fact it was a Pit is actually what it all came down to and won him the case as stated by her lawyer. The judge told her she should have had dog liability insurance and she did not tell her homeowners insurance as required for having a Pit apparently...which they may have dropped her if she did. The judge felt based on pictures, testimony that her fence was too close to the mailbox...it's about 2 feet I think.

I don't side with either, It's partly her fault for having a known feared animal roam behind a standard chain link fence...I would have kept him hooked to chain at least or kept inside. Her lack of forethought got exploited, that's all there is to it.
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