Q: in va can you subpoena the dog owners for their homeowners insurance if they will not turn it over?
A:
It is almost always best to hire an attorney!
To answer your question -- information regarding homeowners' insurance is obtained through a request for production of documents as opposed to through a subpoena in litigation against the homeowner if the homeowner is a party. If the suit is against another then a subpoena may be appropriate.
Under common law, if the owner of a dog has no reason to know that his dog might cause injury to others, he may allow his dog to run free.If the owner of a dog knows, or should know, that his dog might cause injury, he has a duty to use ordinary care to prevent injury to others.If an owner fails to perform this duty, then he is negligent.
By ordinance, the owner may have a duty to prevent his dog from running free.
In a recent case, the firm recovered over $90,000 for a woman bitten in the rear by a dog.
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