Q: My question is do I have a right to take this party to small claims court on Vetanarian bills regarding my dog
The dog that attacked my pet was in our household, but owner went to prison & was to be picked up by his girlfriend $ her sister, she never picked up & this dog mauled my pet to a point of 800.00$ in vet bill
A: Yes you can sue the owner of the dog, but it might be very hard to collect any award against him while he is in prison. Nevertheless, you would have a judgment against him for when he gets out and you could pursue collections against him. If the girlfriend owns the dog, you could also sue her.
A: I personally think if you did try to sue either of the parties, if they actually responded (which they may not, and you may get a judgement by default), they could claim you were contributorily negligent in whatever happened to cause the mauling since you were in possession of the dog. The issue there is probably no one but you knows how the incident happened.
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