Florida Dog Bite Law FirmWebsite Disclaimer
This page explains what this website is, what it is not, and the disclosures The Florida Bar requires us to make.
This website is attorney advertising
The material on this website is advertising. It is published to give people injured by dogs in Florida a clear, accurate explanation of how Florida law works, and to let them contact this firm if they want to.
The name of the attorney responsible for the content of this website, and the city of the firm’s office, appear in the footer of every page.
Nothing here is legal advice
The information on this site is general information about Florida law. It is not legal advice, and it is not a substitute for advice from a lawyer who knows the facts of your situation.
Dog bite cases turn on specifics — where the bite happened, who was present, what was posted, how old the injured person is, what the owner knew, and what insurance exists. Two cases that sound identical in a paragraph can have completely different answers. Do not make decisions about your own claim based on a web page, including this one.
Reading this site does not make us your lawyers
No attorney–client relationship is created by:
- reading this website
- submitting the case review form
- sending us an email
- speaking with us about whether we can help
An attorney–client relationship is created only when the firm and the client have both signed a written agreement. Until that happens, information you send us may not be protected by attorney–client privilege.
Please do not send confidential or sensitive information through the contact form or by email until a written agreement is in place.
Time limits are real and we cannot extend them
Florida imposes deadlines on injury claims, and a claim filed after its deadline is barred regardless of its merits. Those deadlines are shorter than they used to be.
Nothing on this website tolls, extends, or preserves any deadline. Contacting this firm does not preserve a deadline either. If you think you may have a claim, act on it promptly rather than relying on a date you calculated from a web page.
About the law described here
We work from the current text of the Florida Statutes and we quote statutory language exactly rather than paraphrasing it. Even so:
- The law changes. Florida’s limitations period for injury claims changed in 2023, and the dangerous dog statutes were amended in 2025. Content that was accurate when written can go out of date.
- Some questions are genuinely unsettled. Where Florida law is unresolved, we say so rather than picking the answer that sounds better. Where we take a conservative position — as we do on filing deadlines — we say that too, and we explain why.
- Statistics come from named sources. Claim figures on this site come from the Insurance Information Institute and are labelled with the year they describe.
If you find something here that is out of date or wrong, tell us and we will correct it.
No guarantee of outcome
Every case is different. Past results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any other matter, and nothing on this site should be read as a promise, guarantee, or prediction about the result of any claim.
Links to other sites
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Jurisdiction
This website concerns Florida law and is directed to people injured in Florida. It is not intended as a solicitation for clients in any jurisdiction where the attorney named on this site is not admitted to practice.