Neighbors dog was injured in a dog fight with my dogs in my yard.
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Neighbors dog was injured in a dog fight with my dogs in my yard.
Neighbors dog came under fence into my yard and got injured in a dogfight in my
back yard. Am I liable to pay for vet bills if taken to a small claims court?
Asked on October 9, 2018 under Real Estate Law, Oklahoma
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
No, you do not have to pay. You only have to pay if you were at fault in some way--e.g. you had been negligent or unreasonably careless in how you secured your dog. But if your dog was in backyard and the neighbor's dog came under a fence to attack it, you did nothing wrong--you weren't letting your dog run around loose and unsupervised, for example. Not having done anything wrong, you should not be liable.
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