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Editor: Jeffrey Harlan Penneys, Esq.
Profession: Philadelphia Personal Injury Attorney
Is the Philadelphia Housing Authority Responsible in a Dog Bite Case?
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Clearly, Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) as the owner and direct manager of the property had the authority to take such action regarding a pit bull attached to the property with or without its consent. There are few cases that interpret the care, custody, or control of animals exception to immunity, particularly where a wild animal is not involved. In Jenkins v. McDonald, 498 A.2d 487 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1985), the plaintiff was attacked on a city sidewalk by a stray dog. The Court rejected the plaintiff's argument that the city was liable pursuant to the care, custody, or control of animals exception to local governmental immunity set forth at 42 Pa. C.S. ยง8542(b)(8),24 and it determined that a stray dog could not be considered in the care, custody or control of a municipality.
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Dog Bite Victim Lands In Month-Long Coma
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A Wisconsin woman was in a coma Wednesday after being bitten in the leg by her neighbor's dog back on May 22nd. Pamela Hartmann suffered a broken tibia when the rottweiler-shepherd mix attacked her. She seemed fine after the bite, but she ended up being taken to the hospital for low blood pressure.