Articles Posted in Dog Bites

Three-year-old Omar Martinez died in his back yard yesterday when the family’s pit bull attacked him. At approximately 3:00 p.m., 911 dispatchers received a call that the boy was not breathing at a home on Goshute Avenue in Apple Valley after being attacked by the dog. When sheriff and firefighter’s arrived, the boy’s grandfather opened…

Every year we get two or three phone calls from dog owners whose dog has been killed in an accident, or by another dog. These callers are understandably upset, and sometimes distraught, and want those who caused the death punished to the fullest extent of the law. Without exception, these animal lovers are aghast when…

Clayton Snow, an 11-year-old middle school student in Vista, was viciously attacked by two Rottweilers while walking home from school last Friday. Snow suffered approximately 40 bites on his arms, chest, hand, and stomach, causing wounds that required dozens of stitches to close. According to witnesses, it was truly a horrific scene. A kindergarten teacher…

A woman was discovered laying unconscious and bleeding severely from her arms in National City last night after being attacked by three mastiffs. According to a witness, the woman was walking near the 2700 block of Granger Street when the dogs came out nowhere and knocked her to the ground. The witness called 911, and…

Based in San Diego’s North County, Randy Walton and Scott Barber represent individuals all over San Diego County in matters of personal injury and wrongful death. Whether you live in Escondido or El Cajon or Chula Vista, or anywhere else, Randy and Scott can help you obtain monetary justice for the injuries you have suffered.…

The Court of Appeal, First District, has held that a property owner who allows a construction worker to bring a dog, a pit bull in this case, onto his property can be held liable if the dog bites another worker. Salinas v Martin (August 28, 2008) First District, Division One, Case No. A119733. Paolo Martin…

San Diego’s Fox 6 News visited Walton Law Firm on Thursday to interview Randy Walton about the liability of dog owners whose dogs are involved in biting incidents. The interview was prompted by a vicious attack on a Spring Valley woman who was seriously injured by a large dog while walking in her neighborhood. In…

Walton Law Firm has handled many cases involving bite injuries caused by dogs, but none were more sympathetic than one we just settled. Our client was an elderly woman in her 70s who was attacked by two bulldogs has she walked her small poodle around her complex. The bulldogs knocked her to the ground, and…