Posted by John Savage on July 20, 2005, 8:23 pm
>Before I allow my dogs supervised access to my front yard I first have
>to check that there is nobody there stealing tomatoes etc. otherwise
>I'm liable for injury should my dogs bite the critters.
But surely the "Warning: Guard Dog on Premises" sign on your front gate
absolves you from responsibility for dogbite injury to trespassers?
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John Savage (my news address is not valid for email)
Posted by Stuart Naylor on July 22, 2005, 1:21 am
On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 00:23:06 GMT, John Savage
>>Before I allow my dogs supervised access to my front yard I first have
>>to check that there is nobody there stealing tomatoes etc. otherwise
>>I'm liable for injury should my dogs bite the critters.
>But surely the "Warning: Guard Dog on Premises" sign on your front gate
>absolves you from responsibility for dogbite injury to trespassers?
I don't have any warning signs on the front gate. I suppose if the
gate was locked to prevent unauthorised access then such a sign would
probably prevent liability for someone's injury if they trespassed and
were bitten.
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Stuart
Posted by ~patches~ on July 22, 2005, 1:07 pm
John Savage wrote:
>
>>Before I allow my dogs supervised access to my front yard I first have
>>to check that there is nobody there stealing tomatoes etc. otherwise
>>I'm liable for injury should my dogs bite the critters.
>
>
> But surely the "Warning: Guard Dog on Premises" sign on your front gate
> absolves you from responsibility for dogbite injury to trespassers?
Here (Canada) such a sign admits liability. Both insurance companies
and police tell you not to use these types of signs. No tresspassing or
private property signs are encouraged.
Posted by Dave Allyn on July 23, 2005, 7:43 pm
On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 13:07:01 -0400, ~patches~
>John Savage wrote:
>>
>>>Before I allow my dogs supervised access to my front yard I first have
>>>to check that there is nobody there stealing tomatoes etc. otherwise
>>>I'm liable for injury should my dogs bite the critters.
>>
>>
>> But surely the "Warning: Guard Dog on Premises" sign on your front gate
>> absolves you from responsibility for dogbite injury to trespassers?
>Here (Canada) such a sign admits liability. Both insurance companies
>and police tell you not to use these types of signs. No tresspassing or
>private property signs are encouraged.
Same here (Illinois) Haveing such a sign means you know you have a
dangerous dog(s). Same as Beware of Dog signs. Not having a sign
gives you plausable deniablity. "Gee, I didn't know he was dangerous.
He has never done this before! What was the guy doing in my bathroom
anyway?"
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>to check that there is nobody there stealing tomatoes etc. otherwise
>I'm liable for injury should my dogs bite the critters.