Maison Law represents delivery drivers who have been bitten by dogs while trying to drop off packages. Our California Delivery Driver Dog Bite Lawyers assist victims in getting the support they need to make a full recovery. That support may come from a dog owner, but the delivery driver’s employer could also be liable for helping with recovery costs.
Please contact us after an accident involving a dog bite for a free, no-obligation consultation for you and your family. It’s a no-risk opportunity to find out what your case may be worth and how to hold dog owners and delivery companies responsible.
Who Is Responsible If a Delivery Driver Gets Bitten by a Dog?
California holds dog owners responsible for most dog bite incidents. California is a “strict liability” dog bite state. That means dogs don’t have to have bitten someone before or have a history of aggression for dog owners to be liable.
Dog owners can be held financially responsible for the first bite incident unless:
- The delivery driver provoked the dog.
- The delivery driver was trespassing.
As far as trespassing, delivery drivers for companies like Amazon or UPS would usually have implied permission to enter a yard or to approach a front porch. Ordering a package would mean that the homeowner or business owner wanted a delivery person to enter their property. If there was a hazard due to an aggressive dog, it would be up to the property owner to arrange an alternate drop off point.
But delivery companies like UPS also have a responsibility to their employees to keep them safe. If a company like FedEx or DoorDash knew about hazards at a particular address and still sent employees there, company owners might be liable for the injuries suffered. If an employee expressed concerns over delivery to a certain home and was still made to enter a property and then got bitten, managers and owners could be proven negligent in their duty to keep employees safe.
Of course, delivery drivers should not enter a yard or step onto property where they feel in fear for their safety. Those same employees should also never have to fear losing their jobs because they choose to avoid an unsafe situation involving a dog or any other pet.
In some of these cases, there may be several parties that would be liable for a dog bite, including a property owner who was renting a house to a dog owner. A Delivery Driver Dog Bite Lawyer would help determine how many people were liable and then seek the maximum in compensation from every party for the benefit of the victim.
Earning Compensation for Delivery Driver Dog Bite Victims
Maison Law safeguards delivery drivers after they’ve been bitten by a dog or injured on the job in any other manner. We help victims file injury claims against homeowners and pet owners. In some cases, we file claims against the victim’s employers.
These are just a few of the companies we can help delivery drivers seek settlement checks from after a serious dog bite:
- Dog bites on UPS drivers in California
- Dog bites on Amazon drivers in California
- Dog bites on USPS drivers in California
- Dog bites on FedEx drivers in California
Compensation Available for Delivery Drivers Suffering From Dog Bites
Delivery drivers dealing with a debilitating dog bite wound should never be tasked with trying to heal while also worrying about alarming medical bills. This can be especially distracting when patients also must worry over their job status and the paychecks that may have stopped arriving.
Your Delivery Driver Dog Bite Lawyer would be itemizing every hardship you and your family have faced since a dog bite incident. Every damage would be listed in an injury claim because anything left off would be a cost left for you to pay out of your own savings. This is unacceptable over an accident that you didn’t cause.
Your lawyer would make sure these factors and others were considered when determining the size of a dog bite settlement check:
- All medical bills and those expected in the months to come.
- Compensation for permanent disfigurement or disability caused by a dog bite wound.
- Compensation for physical pain. The pain of a bite and a challenging recovery in physical therapy. Chronic pain and arthritis are also possibilities that should earn support.
- Compensation for emotional pain. This includes anxiety and depression due to a loss of enjoyment of life. Victims may also need help getting over the trauma of a dog attack.
- Compensation for lost earnings while the victim is unable to return to work.
- Compensation for property damage.
Contact a California Delivery Driver Dog Bite Lawyer
Maison Law of California provides free case consultations to all dog bite victims. Schedule yours today. It’s a no-risk way to determine every party that should be providing financial support to you and your family and how much you should be demanding. Our lawyers don’t back down when confronting major delivery companies and seeking full compensation on behalf of delivery employees.
There’s no obligation, but if you do need to hire our California Dog Bite Attorneys to get the most out of your claim, there’s no money required at the start. We don’t get paid unless we win your case. Then our fee comes out of the settlement money you are awarded.
