Kiselica Law Firm

Kiselica Law Firm's Providence Personal Injury and Car Accident Attorneys are equipped to offer the experience and comprehensive legal services to assist Rhode Island residents who have been injured in a catastrophic accident to get the financial and medical recovery they deserve. * This data is alarming. Each year, there are over four million dog bites within the United States. An estimated 750,000 annually receive medical treatment, while roughly 350,000 visit the emergency room. Furthermore, 40 individuals died in vicious dog attacks in 2018. The Rhode Island law on dog bites states that the owner or keeper of a dog is liable for a dog that "attacks, bites or injures anyone while traveling the highway, or outside the enclosure owned or kept" by the owner. The Rhode Island Supreme Court placed "strict liability on" the owner or keeper of a dog. Furthermore, it is not necessary to reveal that the dog's owner or keeper is negligent for the attack to take place. Owners of dogs are strictly responsible for bites that happen off the owner's property.