Brett McCandlis Brown & Conner PLLC

At Brett McCandlis Brown & Conner PLLC, we've got your back. Our team has more than 40 years of experience helping clients like you seek justice. A Seattle personal injury attorney at Brett McCandlis Brown & Conner PLLC has 40+ years of experience. Let us help you get started on your road to recovery after an accident or injury. Washington dog bite laws favor the victim. Most of the time, you don’t need to prove scienter to hold the dog owner responsible. This means that the owner will be strictly liable for their dog when it bites someone. So, if the dog bites you, the owner will be accountable even if he was acting safely. There are only a few cases where the owner would not be legally liable. You don’t need to prove that the dog was vicious or that the owner was aware of its violent tendencies. Owners are not excused from liability if their dog acts aggressively, whether they have injured anyone before. You also don’t have to prove that the owner let the dog out alone or unsupervised or that it had previously shown aggressive behavior. In some areas, victims must prove that the dog was aggressive.