Dog Bite Injury Attorney in Lee's Summit, MO

Dog Bite Injury Overview

Dog bite facts:

• Most dog bite cases involve young children, ages one to four. The bite is usually a fear response, not an aggressive attack.
• Usually the dog is one the family knows, a neighbor’s or the babysitter’s.
• It doesn’t have to be a big, mean-looking dog like a Rottweiler. Any dog can do serious damage to human tissue.

Families who settle bite cases themselves tend to win compensation for short-term effects only, for example the immediate doctor’s bill. When clients work with Altieri, Kelly & Symonds, compensation is sought for longer-term effects as well – follow-up medical bills, treatment and medicine, physical rehabilitation, plastic surgery, skin grafts – whatever it takes to make the person whole again.

In Missouri, dog bites cases are against the dog’s owners and their insurers. Altieri, Kelly & Symonds moves quickly to identify the responsible party and learn if they are covered. The client signs a contingency fee agreement. We earn nothing unless we collect for you. If you don’t have a doctor, surgeon, or plastic surgeon, we make recommendations. These experts help us understand what damage has occurred and what the full cost of treatment and restoration will be.

Insurance companies usually meet our demands, but occasionally we file suit. Most companies avoid trial because trials are expensive.

This is a process Altieri, Kelly & Symonds is very familiar with. We have successfully sought compensation in many different kinds of dog bite cases.

You will find us to be good communicators, ethical practitioners and committed representatives. We will meet with you at a time of your convenience, and when we win an award for you, we accept credit card payment.

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Areas of Practice

• Dog Bite Injury
• Personal Injury – Plaintiff
• Divorce
• Family Law
• Traffic Violations
• Criminal Law
• DUI/DWI
• Premises Liability – Plaintiff
• Child Support