Summertime in Oregon means more dog bites and strict liability laws come into play on such cases. As there is a lot of confusion with dog bites and what people think is the two bite rule I took a peek at the Oregon state law ORS 609.095 since I got a call from a mother whose child was savagely attacked by a pit bull in The Dalles Oregon.

This Oregon law is important yet there is a big catch because it means if your dog bit and it’s your dog then you are liable but you still must prove liability in terms of negligence.

This summer some 60,000 census workers will hit the pavement to go to homes and followup on those who didn’t answer their census forms. Several thousand census workers will be knocking on door in the state of Oregon at least and you can expect injuries from falls and dog bites to occur.

Dog bite injury claims to census workers will inevitably face many hurdles to cover their medical bills and to secure money for pain and suffering from such injuries which are termed third party claims.

Having handled dog bite and fall injury cases involving postal and other similar works in Oregon the cases will fall into the same line and getting quick from an experience Oregon injury lawyer will be an important thing for these temporary public servants injured through no fault of their own.

Warm weather in summertime in the state of Oregon and Washington unfortunately means an increase of facial dog bites to children so says Dr. Ricard Polsky PHD in his Dog Bite Behavior & the Law summer 2009 newsletter.

Having handled dog bite injury cases over the last 18 years I know he is right and such tragic cases often involve children who happened to be out playing in warm weather where unsafe owners often let their dogs roam unleashed.

Kids often get facial wounds and bites from dogs because as children they are shorter and their faces are at the attack prone level of the dog doing the harm. My best advice is photograph the wound and get an opinion from a qualified plastic surgeon.

Plastic surgery procedures usually occur post bite but getting a qualified dog bite lawyer involved earlier is critical to a good monetary recovery. Because while the wound will heal the claim and its monetary recovery should be brought in certain cases before the wound is corrected by the plastic surgeon.