If you can find a landlord that will take a dog - then grab it and grab it quickly.
I will refer to the 1996 Roland V. LeBlanc case in NH court decision:
"A few years ago Carol Roland walked into Ed Van Dorn's law office with a problem. She had been hospitalized after being attacked by a pit bull. Her medical bills were over $30,000 and she didn't have any money or medical insurance to pay them. The owner of the pit bull didn't have any insurance or money either. Later we found out that the landlord of the building where the attack happened knew that there were dangerous pit bulls on the premises but did nothing to remove them or protect tenants and visitors from attack. We contacted the landlords' insurance company and explained we felt the landlord was responsible and should help with compensating our client with her losses. The insurance refused to pay any voluntary settlement so we filed the law suit. Attorney Ed Van Dorn presented the case to the jury and after a 4 day trial in the New Hampshire Federal District Court the jury awarded Carol $2,100,000 as compensation for all her losses.:
Note: The lawyer received 1/3 rd of jury award.
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