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My child was bit by a dog in Staten Island and was severely injured the doctors are even saying she may need reconstructive surgery.

A:

Sadly dog bites happen far too often whether it is an aggressive dog or a dog that bites out of fear any dog bite can be extremely dangerous, especially to a child. 

Dog bites that are severe enough to the face, hand, leg or any other part of the body to need reconstructive surgery happened to over 31,000 in 2006 alone according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

Reconstructive surgery can help repair the part of your childs body that was affected by the dog attack whether it is a facial laceration, forehead laceration, torn eyelid, lip laceration or a laceration on your child's hand, foot or any other part of their body.  During the surgery the sugeon will try their best to re-attach or reconstruct your the wounded area.  Sometimes reconstructive surgery can leave visible scars depending on the severity of the dog bite for this there are options such as scar cream or plastic surgery if you wish to do so. 

After you child has received the proper medical treatement you will want to consider speaking with a Staten Island personal injury lawyer or an attorney in your area of New York about your child's dog attack case.  Be sure to let the attorney know exactly what happened.  You will need to let the attorney know who the dog belonged to and what injuries your child sustained and what treatments they underwent (or are still undergoing) for the dog attack.  Dog owners are responsible for keeping their dog under control is the dog was off of their lease or roaming around by itself off of the property you will want to be sure to tell the injury attorney this also. 

                                                                                                       
Frank J. Dito, Jr., Esq. a member of the "Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum", is an experienced trial attorney who represents injured individuals and their families. Frank is the author of "A Lawyers Guide to Car Insurance" , the publisher of the "New York Injury Law Blog" and he is a frequent speaker regarding the recovery of benefits and the preservation of rights resulting from accidents and work place injuries. If you or a family member has been injured in an accident or in the work place contact Frank J. Dito, Jr. to discuss your legal rights and how he assists clients in obtaining the benefits and compensation that they are entitled to.