Pit Bull Dog Attack In Pennsylvania Leaves Montgomery County Girl Scarred And In The Hospital – Experienced Philadelphia Dog Bit Lawyer Weighs In
According to news sources, Danielle Leven’s future – and face – may never be the same. According to the Lansdale pit bull dog bite victim, she and a friend went to visit a friend, knocked on the door, and entered the house to yell for her friend who was apparently in the shower. The pit bull dog, according to the victim, “weaseled its head out until the door was wide open and jumped on her and latched onto her face. She claimed that she engaged in a fight, pushing and kicking the dog off and then was taken to Lansdale Hospital. The victim stated “I thought I was going to die. It punctured underneath my chin, its teeth were up into my mouth, I was squirting blood, I thought I was going to lose so much blood that I was not going to make it.”
This unfortunate dog bite victim needed 70 stitches on her chin and inside her mouth and will require several plastic surgeries. Her father Michael Leven noted that when he saw her in the ER, half of her lip was missing and it was horrendous, “a picture that will never go away in my mind”.
According to Lansdale police Sgt. Alex Kromdyk he stated that nothing criminal occurred and noted that one needs to show culpability and negligent reckless knowing or intentional matter for a criminal charge and stated further that there is no culpability here.
As an experienced Philadelphia dog bite lawyer, I have handled many similar cases since 1979 and disagree with Sgt. Kromdyk. I believe that there is a very strong civil case here with potential criminal penalties depending on what a full investigation reveals. In Pennsylvania, depending upon the extent of the injuries and the circumstances surrounding the dog bite, dog bite injury victims are legally entitled to hold a dog’s owner responsible for injuries. If a dog is not on a leash or is not properly secured on the owner’s premises or the dog owner knew that his or her god was prone to violence yet did not take proper safety measures to prevent someone from being bitten, mauled, or killed, the owner can be found financially held liable in Pennsylvania court.
As a dog lover as well as an experienced dog bite lawyer, I have noticed that a fad that we are seeing more pit bull and pit bull dog mixes in our neighborhoods. In fact many of the pit bull dogs are born not ready to bite but to fight and kill. Our research at the experience Philadelphia personal injury and dog bite law firm of Reiff & Bily
has indicated the number of fatal dog attacks and catastrophic injuries has been increasing dramatically over the past 20 years. Over 50% of all dog bites occur on the dog owner’s property and a vast majority of biting dogs belong to the victim’s family and friends.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the unfortunate victim of this case and she would be well served to contact an experienced dog bite lawyer to fully investigate the circumstances of her claim and to hold those responsible for her injuries to task.
