The Case of the Manager's Friends
Jan 01, 2016OUTCOME: 7-figure settlement
Mr. Phillips obtained a seven-figure settlement for an 8-year-old girl who was attacked by pit bulls and horribly disfigured. The defendant was a family trust that owned rental properties. The pit bull ... s belonged to tenants at one of those properties. The trust claimed that it was not liable because it did not know that the pit bulls were vicious or that they were even there. Liability was established by proving that the tenants were friends of the manager of the properties, who knew very well that their dogs were vicious.
