OHIO DOG BITE LAW (AND WHY IT’S STRONGER THAN MOST STATES) Dog attacks are not “accidents” in the way people casually use that word. In Ohio, the law largely treats them as preventable events with a clear legal consequence: when a dog injures someone, the responsible party usually pays. Ohio’s dog-bite statute imposes strict liability. […]

Recovery of damages (money) is what most people seek when they initiate a civil law suit based in tort. In the American court system, the most typical award of damages is called compensatory, which are granted to restore the plaintiff to the position he or she was in before the injury occurred. Additionally, each party […]