Chicago Personal Injury Law Blog

Last week in Florida, a service technician filed a lawsuit against the owner of a 90-pound German Shepherd dog that bit him multiple times when he went to the home to make a service call. In the unprovoked attack, the technician was bitten in the crotch, knee,ankle, elbow, chest, and back.

Service technicians who suffer dog bite injuries while making calls such as happened in this case are eligible to collect worker's compensation benefits. However, the level of compensation available through worker's compensation is pretty minimal. Another avenue of compensation for people in this position is to pursue a case against the home owner through the dog owner's homeowner's insurance. This allows the injured worker to recover the full measure of damages instead of the inadequate remedy under worker's compensation.

Labels: dog bite attacks, workers compensation