The Greenville News reported on the alarming rise in dog bites against US Postal Carriers:
triggerAd(1,PaginationPage,5);The postal service’s Greater South Carolina District, which has 995 city carriers and 1,448 rural carriers, has had a “shocking” increase in dog bites in recent months, the agency said……
Harry Spratlin, spokesman for the USPS Greater South Carolina Performance Cluster, said it’s difficult to pinpoint a cause for the rise in dog bites to letter carriers………
“Even small breed dogs have the potential to inflict injuries that can threaten a carrier’s career. Our best approach is to issue an appeal to all dog lovers: please, be responsible owners: control your pets.”
If you have been attacked by a dog, either on the job or off the job, you may have a cause of action against the dog’s owner or keeper. South Carolina’s law on dog bites is clear:
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-3-110: Liability of owner or person having dog in his care or keeping.
Whenever any person is bitten or otherwise attacked by a dog while the person is in a public place or is lawfully in a private place, including the property of the owner of the dog or other person having the dog in his care or keeping, the owner of the dog or other person having the dog in his care or keeping is liable for the damages suffered by the person bitten or otherwise attacked. …. If a person provokes a dog into attacking him then the owner of the dog is not liable. (emphasis added).
I have covered this topic in a previous post in more depth. Please click on the link below to learn more about South Carolina’s law on dog bite incidents.