re: OT Lawyers: Legal question regarding a phone and a dog!

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I feel both parties are at fault, and the dog owner should offer to help pay.

When you folks go to the pool, where so you leave your stuff?

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I agree with this. They may not "have" to.. and there may not be legal recourse for the SIL, but I think it's pretty messed up they didn't offer anything.

The age is irrelevant to me, but I think the age plays into their decision not to offer to pay anything. I think if I was sitting with a friend in their backyard and their dog came and ate my phone, my friend would most likely feel awful and offer to replace it. But because it's a child and this likely happened when the parents weren't even around (or maybe they were.. irrelevant), it doesn't seem as important to replace in their minds.

Hell, I'm sure if your SIL was hanging out with them and this same thing happened, they'd have offered. It's because it's a child that they're not.