How soon do I need to bring a case after an animal bite incident?
If you are an adult, you have one year from the date of the occurrence to bring a case except on rare occasions in which there is delayed discovery. The same rules would apply if your child was killed in an incident. If your child was injured in an animal bite incident , he or she has until the child’s 19 th birthday to bring an action. However, it is generally wise to not wait very long to bring a case because evidence will be lost and the case may become more difficult to prove.
