Two Oklahoma cases come to mind regarding whether or not a landlord can be held liable for damages caused by a renter’s dog.
In Robison v. Stokes, the Oklahoma Court of Appeals declined to hold that a contractual right of a tenant to have pets on the premises is tantamount to a landlord’s approval and knowledge [...]
Quick on the heels of the mauling death of a Tulsa infant comes this Tulsa World article about a Muskogee child who was attacked by a family pet.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Michigan Association of Insurance Agents and the U.S. Postal Service recently compiled a startling array of statistics about dog attacks. Here are some of the results:
There are approximately 5 million dog bites per year in the United States.
More than 850,000 of these bites require emergency medical treatment.
Mail [...]
Statistics reveal that the number of fatal dog attacks in the United States is increasing. In the 1980s and 1990s, the yearly average of deaths attributed to dog attacks was approximately 20. However, in 2007, the number of fatal maulings increased to 32.
Last week here in Tulsa, a 2-month-old child was left unattended in a [...]
The old English “one bite rule” shields a dog owner from liability until the owner has knowledge that his dog is dangerous or vicious. Oklahoma does not follow the “one bite rule”. Instead, the Oklahoma legislature has passed dog bite laws that are known as strict liability statutes. This means that dogs in Oklahoma do [...]
