A California Attorney Helping You Recover Just Compensation
At the Law Office of Scott Barbag, our practice is devoted to helping dog bite victims in Southern California recover fair compensation for their injuries. Animal attacks do not only lead to serious physical damage, they can also cause mental trauma that requires psychiatric care.
Contact us online or call 888-578-3539 right away if you have been injured by a dog bite. We will have our attorney provide you with a free initial consultation and straightforward assessment regarding the strength of your animal bite claim.
How You Can Increase Your Ability to Recover Fair Compensation
There are a number of actions you can take to increase your lawyer's ability to recover compensation on your behalf. If you are the victim of an animal attack, there are some important steps to take:
- Seek proper medical attention: Your top priority — make sure that you seek proper medical attention and have puncture wounds, lacerations, crushed bones and infections accurately diagnosed. Obtaining medical treatment also creates a record of your dog bite injury that can be useful when bringing a legal action.
- Call the police: The police will provide you with a record of the incident that we can use to review the details of your claim. Even if there is only a minor injury and there are promises of payment, the police must be called, as people have a change of heart once time passes.
- Find out where the dog owner lives: It is essential to get as much information about the dog owner as possible.
- Keep of track of who witnessed the bite or attack: Credible third party witness testimony can bolster a dog bite claim.
- Take pictures of the bite: Document the severity of your injury by taking quality photographs right after the dog bite or attack occurs.
- Call animal control: Animal control can take the dog into possession and determine whether or not the animal has rabies or any other disease.
Please have your records and information ready when you contact us online or call us at 888-578-3539 for a free initial consultation. Our office is located in Korea Town.
