Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Pennsylvania
Dog/Neighbor Problem?
I moved into a lovely area a couple of years ago and I just love it. But yesterday I went out for my daily jog and a dog from a house on my route (there's only one good, safe route near me) comes charging after me but stops short of touching me. This has happened a couple of times while the owner(s) were out and I just yelled and ran off. Yesterday I yelled at the owner(s) and told them ''I will call the police the next time your dogs come out into the street after me''. The owner says nothing. Two minutes later a car pulls up along aside of me and tells me ''Hey buddy, what's your problem. Did my dog bite you? You threatened us. You look you are running away from something what's your name. We'll call the police on you. You'd better leave it alone and don't come on this street''. I hate people like this but I don't know who he is and it kind of scares me. What should I do? I don't want to give up my good running route and I don't want this guy to push me around.
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Re: Dog/Neighbor Problem?
Obviously I don't know all the facts from your description, but I would tell you to keep running on the public streets. You have a right to use them as long as you don't disturb others' rights. On the other hand, just being nervious about a dog, without it attacking you, is not going ot get the local authorities too excited. If you really want to send a message, make a note of the house address, send them a letter outlining your issues (politely), save a copy of the letter in case you need it, and then, if there is ever any problem with the dog or the owner, that letter will really help in a subsequent action against them. It will show they had (1) notice of the dangerous dog; and (2) notice that you were using the streets for a good faith reason.
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