What Financial Losses Can Be Claimed After an Animal Attack?

Depending on the facts, an injured person may be entitled to seek compensation for losses connected to the attack. Those can include emergency and other medical expenses, surgery and follow-up treatment, physical therapy and rehabilitation, future medical care, lost wages, reduced earning capacity, physical pain and suffering, and emotional distress.

Keeping medical bills and treatment records, and documenting missed work and other financial losses, helps show what the attack actually cost. The effects of an animal attack can extend well beyond the initial wound.