Re: Liability re dog - What do you reckon? Liable or not?

RobertL wrote:
On Feb 3, 4:11 pm, "The Todal" <deadmail...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Miss E" <bankie.g...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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A & B are out in the park walking their dogs, both dogs are off the leads.
A's dog runs into B causing them to fall and resulting in a fractured leg.
A's dog is medium sized dog.
If B wanted to make a claim for compensation, would they be successful?
Would A be liable for their dog? Or is it an accident that was
unforseeable and so no liability would rest with A?
What do you thing?
If the circumstances are as described, and provided there is no byelaw
requiring dogs to be kept on leads, I don't think B could win a claim for
compensation. If however A's dog had been making a nuisance of itself and A
had made no reasonable effort to bring it under control, there might be the
makings of a case.

The accident plainly isn't unforeseeable. It is certainly foreseeable.
However, so is the risk of tripping over a small child who is allowed to let
go of its mother's hand and run around in a park.

But is the parent liable for accidents caused by that child?

In the dog case I think we need more expert information. As I
remember it, owners were liable for damage caused by their dogs but
not by their cats (or children).

Robert


So it's easier to train dogs than children?

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