Personal Injury Basics

Dog Bite Liability

Legal responsibility of dog owners for injuries caused by their dogs.

In Personal Injury Cases

California has strict liability for dog bites—owners are liable regardless of whether the dog showed prior aggression or the owner knew of danger.

Reference context

This term belongs to the Personal Injury Basics category and is part of our machine-readable California injury-law glossary.

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Structured access

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Plain-English use

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Glossary discovery fingerprint

How this definition connects to a real claim file

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Personal Injury Basics claim fingerprint

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Wrongful Death control question

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Strict Liability comparison

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Settlement calculator follow-through

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strict-liability to Accident

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commuter turnover filter

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