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By: Michelle Patrick
Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney
Published Date: May 6, 2021
A dog-related injury may raise several statutory and factual questions; a label such as “one-bite rule” does not answer all of them. The animal, people involved, location, prior records, and applicable law can all matter.
Start with the current statute
North Carolina General Statute 67-4.4 addresses civil liability for injury caused by a dangerous dog. Related definitions and local rules may also matter; a current statute should be read as a whole rather than reduced to a slogan.
- Identity and ownership or custody of the animal
- Location, control, restraint, and property records
- Animal-control, veterinary, prior-incident, witness, and photograph records
- The difference between an injury record and a conclusion about responsibility
An injury or prior incident can be important without deciding every legal issue. Preserve each record by source and date, and identify conflicts or unknown details. Questions about a North Carolina dog-injury claim require a fact-specific review.
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