Dog Bites Foster Family’s Teen

$100,000.00 settlement. Client was considering fostering a dog because the dog owner worked too much to be able to care for the dog appropriately. At least that was what the dog owner said. Within 4 hours of the dog being taken to his new home, he attacked the 15 year old daughter, biting her on the face and left breast. They got the dog into a closet until the original owner arrived to take back the dog. The insurance company denied the claim so a lawsuit was filed. It was revealed that the real reason the dog was being re-homed was because the children in that house were scared of it. Once the lawyer for the insurance company heard this (that the dog owner lied about why she was giving-up the dog), the case settled for the policy limits.