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re: Moral and Legal Question Concerning Hitting a Dog

Posted on 1/19/14 at 8:00 pm to
Posted by wheelr
Member since Jul 2012
5147 posts
Posted on 1/19/14 at 8:00 pm to
It looks like there is a leash law in Ville Platte.

LINK

Chapter 5 Animals > Article 2 Dogs > Sec. 5-21 Running at Large

Still trying to find more info.
Posted by foshizzle
Washington DC metro
Member since Mar 2008
40599 posts
Posted on 1/19/14 at 8:02 pm to
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I will hire an attorney if I have to and it makes financial sense.


Unless your fender was made of weapons grade uranium it is not worth paying for an attorney.
Posted by TheLankiestLawyer
Member since Jun 2013
1803 posts
Posted on 1/19/14 at 8:02 pm to
Depending on your deductible, it may cost you more to file a lawsuit than to simply make a claim on your insurance.
Posted by poochie
Houma, la
Member since Apr 2007
6211 posts
Posted on 1/19/14 at 8:04 pm to
THIS IS WHY YOU INSURANCE.
Posted by Displaced
Member since Dec 2011
32711 posts
Posted on 1/19/14 at 8:04 pm to
quote:

P is actually a cock sucking a-hole. Hope his transmission goes out next time he's driving.


It's more dangerous to slam on the brakes is this situation as there was a truck behind him...

When traveling at higher speeds, you are never supposed to slam on the brakes for anything smaller than a deer or something that will seriously funk up the front end of your car.

The dog owner shouldn't have let his dog roam free next to a highway. The dog owner is at "fault", and I'll go as far to say the op is better than most considering that he didn't just continue on and actually stopped to check on the dog.
Posted by wheelr
Member since Jul 2012
5147 posts
Posted on 1/19/14 at 8:05 pm to
quote:

Depending on your deductible, it may cost you more to file a lawsuit than to simply make a claim on your insurance.


I have thought of that. Deductible is $500 I think.

I will probably check with my insurance tomorrow and home it works out like this:
quote:

Similar thing happened to me. I reported it to my insurance, my insurance went after their homeowners, I paid nothing and car was fixed.

The dog is their responsibility.
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
97635 posts
Posted on 1/19/14 at 8:06 pm to
I'm sure you can get some mental anguish out of this too
Posted by wheelr
Member since Jul 2012
5147 posts
Posted on 1/19/14 at 8:08 pm to
Haha.

I'm just hoping to get the damage to my vehicle covered. I'd even change the bumper myself if the dog owner was willing to pay for the part.
Posted by junkfunky
Member since Jan 2011
33891 posts
Posted on 1/19/14 at 8:08 pm to
4/7
Posted by BayouNation
Member since Sep 2008
2009 posts
Posted on 1/19/14 at 8:10 pm to
What a tard
Posted by tigerinthebueche
Member since Oct 2010
36791 posts
Posted on 1/19/14 at 8:11 pm to
What the hell do you drive? If I clipped, hit, thumped, or otherwise made contact with a dog to the point of damaging my vehicle, the dog would be dead as a hammer and probably unrecognizable.
Posted by Buddy Garrity
Member since Mar 2013
4224 posts
Posted on 1/19/14 at 8:12 pm to
This thread is full of pussies. Make them pay for your bumper brah.
Posted by Displaced
Member since Dec 2011
32711 posts
Posted on 1/19/14 at 8:12 pm to
I upvoted you, frick the haters.
You did nothing wrong.
Posted by bencoleman
RIP 7/19
Member since Feb 2009
37887 posts
Posted on 1/19/14 at 8:13 pm to
Dude, You just report it to your insurance. Why would you hire a lawyer? Your insurance will determine liability.
Posted by wheelr
Member since Jul 2012
5147 posts
Posted on 1/19/14 at 8:15 pm to
quote:

What the hell do you drive? If I clipped, hit, thumped, or otherwise made contact with a dog to the point of damaging my vehicle, the dog would be dead as a hammer and probably unrecognizable.


Once the dog started to run across the road in front of me I really got on the brakes. It caught just the corner but it did crack the bumper in a few places. There is a bit of fiberglass exposed.
Posted by Mizzoufan26
Vacaville CA
Member since Sep 2012
17219 posts
Posted on 1/19/14 at 8:15 pm to
Wow, I really hope pet cemetery is real so this dog can come back to life and maul your jugular.

How do you accidentally hit an animal anyways? It's near the road, you realize it's a dipshit no nothing animal so you slow down enough that if it does run out you can stop
Posted by wheelr
Member since Jul 2012
5147 posts
Posted on 1/19/14 at 8:15 pm to
quote:

Dude, You just report it to your insurance. Why would you hire a lawyer? Your insurance will determine liability.



I'm going to check on that tomorrow morning.
Posted by wheelr
Member since Jul 2012
5147 posts
Posted on 1/19/14 at 8:17 pm to
quote:

I upvoted you, frick the haters.
You did nothing wrong.


I just assume they are ok with breaking leash laws and being irresponsible pet owners. Obviously those type of people are out there.
Posted by DeathValley85
Member since May 2011
17175 posts
Posted on 1/19/14 at 8:20 pm to
Hitting a dog can damage your car that much? What the heck do you drive?

If you want to get some major karma points threaten legal action for the car if he doesn't bring the dog to the vet. Wins all around AND you get to go to heaven. (where all dogs go)
Posted by AUCE05
Member since Dec 2009
42565 posts
Posted on 1/19/14 at 8:22 pm to
You can't be that dumb Animals can cause major damage.
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