Four Year Old Trespasser mauled

[smot poker]

http://www.kcentv.com/story/20647938...l-near-houston

(KCEN) -- A brutal pit bull attack left a 4-year-old dead in one Houston-area town.

It happened this weekend in Pinehurst.

That's where police say 4-year-old Christian Gormanous climbed over a chain link fence into a neighbors back yard.

The dog was chained up but police say the boy wandered too close and was attacked.

He died after being taken to the hospital.

Some neighbors say they've complained about the dog running loose before.

Michael McDaniel, who lives nearby, said, "We've called and called and called the Humane Society, they don't ever do anything about it."

Police don't anticipate any criminal charges because the dog was on a leash and in its own yard.

[Morningwood]

Unfortunate, but you can't put much blame on the dog or owner. Sad situation.

[barlowd]

The real issue: where was this kid's parent at?

[DIB]

Unfortunate, but you can't put much blame on the dog or owner. Sad situation.

Exactly. A four year old should know better than to come near a pit bull. It's like if a toddler walked inside a large fire place and burned to death. You don't blame the fire for being inherently dangerous.

[soonerbornsoonerbret]

[nlight1]

The real issue: where was this kid's parent at?

This x1000

[oucub23]

Exactly. A four year old should know better than to come near a pit bull. It's like if a toddler walked inside a large fire place and burned to death. You don't blame the fire for being inherently dangerous.

Would the owner be liable if he'd left a handgun hanging on the tree and the kid had shot himself?

[barlowd]

Would the owner be liable if he'd left a handgun hanging on the tree and the kid had shot himself?

How big is the tree?

[Sooner 4 Life]

Neighbor has a pit bull. There are also a lot of kids that play in the area. I've talked to the police about it. They are not to have pits inside city limits. The dog is a puppy right now and roams free. Cops still haven't showed up.

Not saying all pits are bad. Friend has one and is the nicest dog. But the neighbors are shady as they come.

[OUMallen]

Would the owner be liable if he'd left a handgun hanging on the tree and the kid had shot himself?

Probably.

The kid was not an invitee, but:

A special aspect exists when the danger although open and obvious is unavoidable or imposes a “uniquely high likelihood of harm or severity of harm” [ Lugo v. Ameritech Corp., 464 Mich. 512, 518 (Mich. 2001)]

This principle was reiterated by the Supreme Court in Mann v. Shusteric Enters., 470 Mich. 320, 328-329 (Mich. 2004) wherein the court added that in order determine whether a condition is "open and obvious," or whether there are "special aspects" that render even an "open and obvious" condition "unreasonably dangerous," the fact-finder must utilize an objective standard, i.e., a reasonably prudent person standard.

If, as a landowner, you have something really dangerous on your properyy, you might be subject to liability.

[DIB]

Would the owner be liable if he'd left a handgun hanging on the tree and the kid had shot himself?

To be a valid comparison, it would have to be a gun that automatically shoots, if someone gets within a foot of the tree.

[Aurora]

VERY SAD

[soonerbornsoonerbret]

[bushmaster06]

Neighbor has a pit bull. There are also a lot of kids that play in the area. I've talked to the police about it. They are not to have pits inside city limits. The dog is a puppy right now and roams free. Cops still haven't showed up.

Not saying all pits are bad. Friend has one and is the nicest dog. But the neighbors are shady as they come.

snitch.

[smot poker]

I should invent a pitbull cage that allows my kids to walk around the street and observe pitbulls in their natural habitat.

[Sooner 4 Life]

snitch.

Not when little kids are playing around. I've talked to the neighbors about it as well. They've said it would be locked up.

[bushmaster06]

Not when little kids are playing around. I've talked to the neighbors about it as well. They've said it would be locked up.

you're still a snitch.

[Sooner 4 Life]

you're still a snitch.

And they're still drug dealers. There's only one reason to own a pit.

[bushmaster06]

And they're still drug dealers. There's only one reason to own a pit.

my buddy has 3 pits and doesn't sell drugs. snitch.

[smot poker]

JD, do you feed a pitbull or reload it?

[smot poker]

my buddy has 3 pits and doesn't sell drugs. snitch.

Sounds like a loser.

[Sooner 4 Life]

my buddy has 3 pits and doesn't sell drugs. snitch.

Doubt it!

[DIB]

Snitches get stitches!

[soonerbornsoonerbret]

Neighbor has a pit bull. There are also a lot of kids that play in the area. I've talked to the police about it. They are not to have pits inside city limits. The dog is a puppy right now and roams free. Cops still haven't showed up.

Not saying all pits are bad. Friend has one and is the nicest dog. But the neighbors are shady as they come.

Sounds like you need a new neighborhood... or a pitbull to guard your ****.

[bushmaster06]

Sounds like a loser.

if he wasn't a productive member of society he probably would be.

[bushmaster06]

Doubt it!

so everyone who owns a pit is a drug dealer. got it. what other gems do you have to share with us?

hey jd, you holding?

[Sooner 4 Life]

so everyone who owns a pit is a drug dealer. got it. what other gems do you have to share with us?

hey jd, you holding?

My neighbor is and most people that have these dogs are.

[smot poker]

so everyone who owns a pit is a drug dealer. got it. what other gems do you have to share with us?

hey jd, you holding?

JD is a pitbull owner and mechanic, of course he's holding.

[soonerbornsoonerbret]

My neighbor is and most people that have these dogs are.

Please provide stats. In pie chart form please. A bar graph will work. But I'd rather see a pie chart.

[bushmaster06]

My neighbor is and most people that have these dogs are.

besides owning a pit bull, how do you know your neighbor is a drug dealer?

[bushmaster06]

Please provide stats. In pie chart form please. A bar graph will work. But I'd rather see a pie chart.

i like pie.

[Sooner 4 Life]

Please provide stats. In pie chart form please. A bar graph will work. But I'd rather see a pie chart.

I see it with my eyes. Neighbors are druggies have pit. Two other people I know that have pits. One is a druggie as well. 66.6% is most people in my stats.

[soonerbornsoonerbret]

I see it with my eyes. Neighbors are druggies have pit. Two other people I know that have pits. One is a druggie as well. 66.6% is most people in my stats.

Sounds like you ****ociate with a lot of druggies. Wanna buy a pit bull?

[oucub23]

To be a valid comparison, it would have to be a gun that automatically shoots, if someone gets within a foot of the tree.

So the dog is more dangerous? If so, the property owner is liable, no? If it was a gun that automatically shoots, there's 0 question there would be liability.

[Sooner 4 Life]

Sounds like you ****ociate with a lot of druggies. Wanna buy a pit bull?

Knowing and ****ociating are different. But no thanks! If I ever decide to sell drugs. I don't want a pit to give it away.

[Sir Bevedere]

Please provide stats. In pie chart form please. A bar graph will work. But I'd rather see a pie chart.

[OrangeBlossom]

My neighbor is and most people that have these dogs are.

If you're going to make stupid generalizations at least attempt to make them reasonable. "Most drug dealers have these dogs." would be slightly closer to accurate.

[Sooner 4 Life]

If you're going to make stupid generalizations at least attempt to make them reasonable. "Most drug dealers have these dogs." would be slightly closer to accurate.

That's exactly what I said????

[soonerbornsoonerbret]

mmmmm... pie

[smot poker]

If you're going to make stupid generalizations at least attempt to make them reasonable. "Most drug dealers have these dogs." would be slightly closer to accurate.

OB!!! I've been calling your pager. Do you have any green?

[PokeJ]

JD is a pitbull owner and mechanic, of course he's holding.

That explains the rage.

[bushmaster06]

That's exactly what I said????

you still made a stupid generalization.

[oucub23]

That explains the rage.

That and steroids.

[bushmaster06]

That and steroids.

i hear he has undersized testes. is this why?

[Sooner 4 Life]

you still made a stupid generalization.

No I made what I've actually witnessed generalization. What you've seen may be different.

[soonerbornsoonerbret]

Well, this is now about pie. Mods, move to food forum please.

[OrangeBlossom]

That's exactly what I said????

No, you said that most people that have these dogs are drug dealers.

[SiggyPoke]

And what reason would that be?

And they're still drug dealers. There's only one reason to own a pit.

[Sooner 4 Life]

No, you said that most people that have these dogs are drug dealers.

In my experience that would be an accurate statement. In your experience it may not be.

[The Baconator®]

Pittbulls eat children