Dog Owner Made to Pay Thousands of RMB after Puppy Scares Someone at the Park

Dog Owner Made to Pay Thousands of RMB after Puppy Scares Someone at the Park
Aug 02, 2016 By eChinacities.com

A dog owner was forced to pay over a hundred thousand RMB in compensation after an older woman tripped and fell after the dog made her nervous in the park.

Mrs. Xie, 66 was walking in a park in Chengdu when a puppy ran up to her. The puppy was off the leash and ran up to the older woman. She was scared and started shaking her keys at the dog. She fell over and landed on her back. Ms. Lei, the dog owner, paid Mrs. Xie 50,000 RMB in compensation. Later, Mrs. Xie took Ms. Lei to court.  

Chengdu Business Daily reported that the court ruled that Ms. Lei should bear all liability for the accident because she did not have her pet on a leash. Mrs. Lei was ordered to pay the full cost of Mrs. Xie’s medical bills. She paid 85,800 RMB more, for a total payout of almost 140,000 RMB.

According to a Chengdu law implemented in 2010, dog owners will bear full liability for damages if they do not take full safety measures to control their animals.

Source: inews.qq.com

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Keywords: Chengdu dog Chengdu park Chengdu

12 Comments

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donluis

5000 years of history and still afraid of dogs? No dogs in Chinese history?

Aug 29, 2016 09:43 Report Abuse

tanbank34

great

Aug 09, 2016 17:40 Report Abuse

greatpark2016

so cute

Aug 09, 2016 16:30 Report Abuse

silverbutton1

Nothing better than for the courts to rule in the old womans favor. more frivolous lawsuits will now rush into the courts like an avalanche. good grief.

Aug 08, 2016 10:51 Report Abuse

silverbutton1

If you, as a foreigner, find yourself in a similar situation: 1) Dont claim responsibility, and for God's sake dont pay any money to anyone. 2)By all means, Do NOT go to the hospital with the "victim". 3)If you feel you will be scapegoated, pack up your valuables and such and leave the country immediately !

Aug 08, 2016 10:57 Report Abuse

slide38

Everybody that has comments, feels sorry for the foreigner, he broke the law, he was at fault. End of story.

Aug 04, 2016 09:38 Report Abuse

robaird

Fuck off

Aug 07, 2016 19:34 Report Abuse

silverbutton1

where in the story does it say a foriegner was involved? seems to me it was 2 Chinese unless Im missing something. Did you read the article wrong, or maybe you cant read so well b/c you arent a native English speaker/reader.

Aug 08, 2016 10:46 Report Abuse

sumandash1

Why did the old lady come so close to the dog? its a lottery for the old lady. Lady might be rich so that she could afford to pay 140,000 RMB, even Dog wont have costed that much to that lady.

Aug 03, 2016 16:20 Report Abuse

mikesingh

this is the most scary part of China .. last year during Christmas day i was running with my Dog(lucky) along the zhu jiang river Liede area..A Lady in her 40 age was running beside us and when she saw dog behind her she just screamed and falldown ...even dog wosn,t close to her .. some people saw but never argue with her to getup.. i asked her how much... i withdraw 1000 rmb just an hours before this happend for shopping ...i decide to offer 1000 rmb to her .. she simply took the money and start running again ... i don,t know why people don,t scared or KARMA or some GOD act ..

Aug 03, 2016 09:19 Report Abuse

robaird

Sucker!

Aug 07, 2016 19:39 Report Abuse

RandomGuy

Great! Can I have compensation too when Chinese people intensely stare at me or shout 'hello!!!' in my back? Because it's extremely stressful and obviously impacts my mental health in the long run.

Aug 03, 2016 00:16 Report Abuse