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If you've been bitten by a dog, everybody understands that the owner of
that dog is responsible for the dog bite and harms caused by their dog.
What some people don't realize, though, is if that dog owner is also a
tenant, that his landlord, or their landlord, may also be responsible for
the harms caused by that dog.
You may be able to bring a claim against the landlord's insurance company
for your harms if the tenant or dog owner doesn't have insurance to cover.
In these cases, it's really important to get an attorney involved right
away to help investigate these claims, because we need to show that the
landlord knew that the dog was there, and show the landlord had some
knowledge that that dog was not safe.