Originally Posted by second 70
Here dog owner is responsible. Dog must be under control at all time. Even if the dog was on a leash still when it hit car owner still at fault because even on the leash the dog wasn't under control.
Right. I don't understand why this is so hard to understand. Nobody is stating it was a malicious act on the part of the dog owner. However, the dog did in fact go off leash and out of the control of the owner, period. It was an accident, and they do happen, but the dog owner is responsible. It was NOT an act of God, or Mother Nature. It also was not a person at a cross walk. Dogs are shorter, harder to see, and not a pedestrian. Dog "ran into the street". Yes, a jury found OJ innocent, so anything COULD happen. Martians could land on Earth tomorrow..


Facts are stubborn things.