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yes you can
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uh people say are dog owners responsible
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or liable and therefore can they be sued
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if I’m bitten by uh a dog that’s solded
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by someone else in uh both Missouri and
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Kansas there are various causes of
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action against an owner of the dog for
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liability relating to dog bite uh their
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dog injuring another human being uh the
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first is negligence that means with
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regard to this to the dog uh should the
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owner know or should have known that
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their dog had what’s called dangerous
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propensities now dangerous propensities
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doesn’t mean look they’re going to
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attack somebody a dog barks isn’t a
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dangerous propensity but if a dog
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attacks or lunges at individuals or
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bites other peoples that’s a danger
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propensity that if the owner knew or
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should have known about makes them
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liable
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additionally uh under Missouri law dogs
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uh are considered a dangerous condition
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on the property of the landowner so if
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the dog is aggressive or the dog
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interacts with people in such a way that
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it injures them then under the law the
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landowner is responsible for uh the
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dangerous condition on the property
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finally many
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jurisdictions municipalities towns
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Villages uh cities have ordinances
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relating to dogs that they should be on
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a leash that they should be contained
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within a fence yard and if the owner
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doesn’t obey those ordinances or
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regulations then they are responsible
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and liable under that cause of action
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for violating the local
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laws