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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Looks like we are going to have to go about it the hard way.  DH went over to fill discuss payment and concerns about dog and all he got out of it was a thinly veiled threat.

She’s more concerned about the dog catching something while quarantined than she is my kid.  Not once did she ask if she was ok.  I get some people love their dogs more than people, but I truly can’t imagine.  I’d be absolutely torn up if my dog hurt anyone, especially a child.

DD is fine.  A big part of me wants to drop it. Let it blow over.  I already have this fear we are outsiders in this neighborhood and haven’t been here long enough to form a sense of community.  Do I really want to be the neighbor who sued an elderly couple?

Most people in this neighborhood are older retirees who have lived in their houses for decades.  We are a young visibly hispanic family.  I’m sure it’s all just my own stuff I’m projecting.  Everyone aside from little Cujo’s owners have been nothing but kind and welcoming.  [/quote]

How will you feel if in a few weeks another kid gets attacked but loses an eye or a finger.  The fact that the neighbors are doubling down is terrifying.  That means they have zero remorse and will do nothing in the future to stop the dog from attacking again. My guess is that if you sue, you will be the neighborhood hero.  If they had apologized and offered to pay a small amount, I would have suggested letting it go.[/quote]

I’d feel terrible.  But the responsibility of the dog is not mine, it’s the owners.

I have done everything I needed to do.  We filed a police report.  Animal control was contacted.  Everything is documented.

[b]Me suing will not magically make these people less shut the dog owners.  It will not make the dog disappear.  It will only cost us money.  Most likely more money than we’d get for suing.[/b]

We do plan on seeing what our health insurance or their home owners insurance can do.

But we did consult a lawyer who said at this point suing is not worth it.  We are so lucky the dog is small and that damage wasn’t worse, because then we would have something to sue over and I much prefer this outcome. [/quote]

PP here who has settled dogbite claims twice. In both cases (actually in every case I've known of, which is several) the owners homeowners insurance settled with my atty. No one ever saw the inside of a courtroom. For a bite like dd's, it might go something like, your atty asks for 12K, the insurance counters with 6K, you accept, atty keeps 1/3 and you get the rest. I'm not saying it's those exact figures, but this is a real life example from about 10 years ago.

It's not like you're dragging her onto Judge Judy. And you have a very solid case.[/quote]

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