Father injured too, but Colorado liability limit keeps lawyers from taking their case CASTLE ROCK, Colorado––The injustice to victims inherent in current dog bite and civil liability law has seldom been more blatantly illustrated than in the case of Nicholas and Lily Dean, father and daughter, spotlighted by Michael Abeyta for CBS Colorado on […]
NY governor Hochul upholds higher renters insurance premiums for pit bulls
Hochul earlier blocked higher homeowners insurance premiums for pit bulls ALBANY, New York––New York state governor Kathy Hochul, on December 12, 2025 bucked precedent, including her own, by vetoing a bill to prohibit renters’ insurance policies “from discriminating against insureds or potential insureds based upon the harboring or owning of specific dog breeds,” mostly pit […]
$21.5 million settlement from negligent county to jogger mauled by pit bull
King County failed to respond effectively to more than 75 calls from neighbors over four years SEATTLE, Washington––King County, Washington on August 28, 2025 agreed to pay a record $21.5 million to settle claims by pit bull attack victim Gyongyi Bazso Maas, her husband Mike, and their children. Gyongyi Bazso Maas, after seeing the children […]
Flanders v. Goodfellow: New York dog bite victims get 2/3rds cup of justice
by Kenneth M. Phillips Guest columnist Kenneth M. Phillips, of Los Angeles, an attorney since 1976, is the senior legal specialist in dog bite cases worldwide and is author of his own Dog Bite Law blog. On April 17, 2025, the highest court in New York state issued a blockbuster decision in Flanders v. Goodfellow […]