Pages On: Animal Attacks

Cyclist wins £65K after an out-of-control dog entangled with his bicycle

Posted: 30 November 2015

Posted in: Animal Attacks, Bicycle Accidents, Head and Brain Injuries, Public Place Accidents

A cyclist has been awarded £65,000 in compensation after suffering an injury caused by a dog walker allowing her dog lead to become entangled in his bike. 59-year-old Anthony Steele suffered serious injuries in the incident after he was thrown off his bike when the dog darted in front of him and caused the lead to become entangled in the spokes. Mr Steele was left unconscious after the injury and was later found to have fractured his skull. The accident happened along the promenade at the seafront in Heyshame, Lancashire.…

Woman fined over German Shepard attack

Posted: 30 September 2015

Posted in: Animal Attacks, Arm Injury

A woman from Middlesborough has been fined after her German Shepard attacked a woman in the street in May. The 39-year-old victim had been walking her two dogs with her mother when the attack happened. The dog bit her on her hand and wrist, with the strength of the dog, causing her to fall and also injure her knees. The victim had to undergo an operation following the attack. The owner of the dog, Joan Stairmand (53), admitted to owning a dangerously out of control dog that caused injury. District…

Bulldog breeder jailed following attack

Posted: 22 August 2015

Posted in: Animal Attacks, Arm Injury, Head and Brain Injuries

48-year-old Stephen Potts has been jailed after some of his dogs attacked and severely injured a 63-year-old man. The American Bulldog breeder, who previously lost an arm after being mauled by two of his own dogs, had let a group of his animals off the lead when they decided to attack Lindsay Edwards last October. Mr Edwards was left with wounds so deep that his skull was exposed. Mr Potts, from Low Pittington in County Durham, initially denied seven charges of owning dangerously out of control dogs that caused injury.…

Police payout £940,000 in compensation

Posted: 29 December 2014

Posted in: Animal Attacks, Public Place Accidents, Workplace Injuries

New figures have revealed that Devon and Cornwall Police have paid out £940,000 in compensation in the space of three years. The figures looked at payouts made between 2010 and 2013, with £847,000 having gone to members of the public, and £91,300 to injured officers. The largest payout was £75,000 to a member of the public following an assault by an officer in 2010. These figures come after it was announced that the force is due to face cuts of £30m over the next four years. The force defended the…

Postman dog attack

Posted: 31 October 2014

Posted in: Animal Attacks, Arm Injury, Spine & Back Injuries, Workplace Injuries

Despite attacking and seriously injuring a postman, a dog has been saved from destruction. The German Shepherd attacked the postman in the front garden of a Derbyshire home earlier this year. Nine-year-old Tyson sunk his teeth into the postman as he tried to hand mail to the dog’s owner, Unjum Bala. The accident happened on the 11 June at around 1pm. Prosecuting George Speed said that the postman saw the dog coming, so turned away from the open door. The dog then started to bite him in the back of his left…

Dog owner fined after his animal attacks two people

Posted: 25 August 2014

Posted in: Animal Attacks, Arm Injury

A councillor has been fined after his dog attacked two people in Addlestone earlier this year.  John Edwards (65), Runnymede Borough Council’s longest-serving councillor, was threatened with the destruction of his dog if he did not ensure that she was muzzled in public at all times. Mr Edwards’s 32kg six-year-old Ridgeback-cross, Ruby, caused injury to two people on two separate occasions. Mr Edwards pleaded guilty to two counts of being in control of a dog that caused injury, and one count of being the owner of a dangerously out-of-control dog. He appeared…

Dog owner jailed over attacks

Posted: 17 June 2014

Posted in: Animal Attacks, Arm Injury, Finger Injuries

The owner of three Pitbull terriers has been jailed after he stood by and watched his dogs savage a woman in Harehills Park, Leeds. Jane Chippendale had been walking her dog Maxy, a Lhasa-apso, when the attack happened. She picked her dog up to protect him from the three Pitbulls, but they dragged her to the ground and attacked her. The dogs returned to their owner when two men in the park fought them off by kicking and punching them. Ms Chippendale said that she has been scarred, both physically and psychologically,…

North-west England sees one in six dog bite admissions

Posted: 4 September 2013

Posted in: Animal Attacks, Head and Brain Injuries, Neck Injuries

A recent health report has found that one sixth of dog bite admissions in England occurred in the northwest of the country. After parents, whose children had been killed by dogs, took a petition to Downing Street earlier in the year, extensive research has been carried out looking into the trends and figures regarding attacks throughout England. Primary care trust data from The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) revealed that the highest level per 100,000 people was in the northwest of the country, standing at 21.6. Yorkshire and Humber saw…

Tackling dog attacks on postal workers

Posted: 27 November 2012

Posted in: Animal Attacks, Workplace Injuries

A recent report has recommended that new legislation be introduced to help tackle the problem of dog attacks on postal workers. The report, commissioned by Royal Mail and prepared by Sir Gordon Langley, also recommends that Royal Mail should actively pursue legal action against the owners of dogs which attack postmen and women According to the report, over 3000 postmen and women were attacked across the UK by dogs from April 2011 to April 2012. Donald Brydon CBE, Chairman, Royal Mail Group, commented: “Dog attacks cause injuries and terrible trauma…

Animal Attack Compensation Claims in Birmingham

Posted in: Animal Attacks

Have you suffered an injury as a result of another’s animal, such as a dog? If so, then you could be entitled to make a personal injury compensation claim with our solicitors** for Birmingham. This is because owners have a duty of care towards other members of the public, namely to ensure that their pet does not cause harm. This duty of care is further increased where an owner is aware that the animal aggressive and has attacked in the past. So if you have suffered an injury from an…