The purpose of this article is to protect the public by providing a private cause of action seeking euthanasia of a dog in magistrate court to a person who has been attacked by a dog resulting in personal injuries requiring medical treatment which cost $2,000 or more, or who has been attacked by the dog and the dog had attacked a person causing personal injury which required medical treatment within the previous twelve months.
W. Va. Code § 19-20D-1
Purpose
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 234 W. Va. 209 - Estella Robinson v. City of Bluefield (2014)
Most recently applied in 235 W. Va. 489 - State of West Virginia v. Michael and Kim Blatt (June 2015)
Official source: West Virginia Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain West Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.