DOG BITE ♦ LIABILITY ♦ WHO PAYS? ♦ Medical Bills ♦ ER for stitches ♦ BAD SCAR ♦ Insurance Claim

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that dogs bite 4.7 million people annually, resulting in 800,000 injuries that require medical attention. Almost half of them are children.

The average cost of a dog-bite insurance claim was $24, 511 in 2007, according to the Insurance Information Institute, (III).

Roughly 39 percent of American households have at least one dog, according to The Humane Society of the United States. According to III, dog bite claims cost insurers about $356.2 million in 2007, up by 10.5 percent from the previous year.

Dog owners in 33 states and the District of Columbia are legally liable for deaths or injuries caused by their dogs. Pennsylvania and Michigan have laws that prohibit insurers from canceling or denying coverage to owners of specific breeds, according to III.

If you or a loved one has been bit by a dog or another domestic animal, call the TRIPP LAW FIRM for an immediate FREE telephone consultation.

Injury Attorney G. Alan Tripp, Jr., and his injury law team are available 24/7 to take your call. DON’T GUESS WHAT YOUR RIGHTS ARE. CALL NOW (888) 392-LAWS (5297).

Prompt and Aggressive Representation – www.trippfirm.com

NO FEES or NO COSTS if NO RECOVERY.

Insurers "put on notice" over raising premiums, denying claims unfairly.

Bloomberg News (4/9, Frye) reported, "U.S. property and casualty insurers posted the biggest sales decline in half a century last year as corporations and individuals scaled back purchases, an industry group said today."

Now, "investment losses and slim profits have prompted carriers around the world to demand higher rates on some lines of business coverage, Brian Duperreault, chief executive officer of Marsh & McLennan Cos., the second-biggest insurance broker, said in a February interview."

As a result, "insurance buyers should prepare to confront rising premiums and tighter claims-paying policies as carriers seek to rebuild their finances, the American Association for Justice, a lawyers group, said today in a statement."

Ray De Lorenzi, a spokesman for the AAJ, said, "The insurance industry is being put on notice... Any attempt to use this economic crisis to unfairly raise premiums or systematically deny just claims will not go unnoticed."

If your insurance company has unreasonably delayed payment of your Florida PIP benefits or denied payment of your uninsured motorist insurance claim - call the TRIPP LAW FIRM at (888) 392-LAWS (5297) for an immediate case evaluation.

http://www.trippfirm.com/