Legal Question in Personal Injury in Florida
Here's my situation. I have a dog who I placed in doggie day care last week. The day care placed my dog in a stacked crate (about 3 feet off the ground), opened the door and allowed my dog to jump out. He broke his leg, and required orthopedic surgery to fix it.
We spoke to the owner of the day care who (after much resistance) agreed to pay all vet/medical bills related to this injury.
He wants us to sign a release form. We haven't seen the release yet, but are wondering how to approach it. The dog's medical bills are two-fold. First, we've incurred charges to date for the surgery, hospital visit, etc. Second, we will have a minimum of 8 weeks, possibly up to 16 weeks of additional costs (e.g, weekly bandage changes, xrays, more medications, etc.).
How do we proceed? Do we put an end date in the release? Do we not sign the release until all monies are collected? Do we request that he pay us now for costs incurred to date and then again for future costs? Do we need a payment contract for that?
Any thoughts would be helpful. Thank you.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Since you do not know the exact amount how can you sign a release? If you have to guess, guess high. In the alternative, will take an open ended release for all vet and medical expenses related to the incident?
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