Bindinglaw

DE · jury_instructions

Del. P.J.I. Civ. § 10.19

Dog Bite

activein force · 2025-10-22 – presentcompiled-edition

DOG BITE

The owner of a dog that causes [injury / death / loss] to person or property is

liable in damages, unless the [injury / death / loss] occurred when [plaintiff’s name]

was:

{Include applicable defense:}

(1) Committing or attempting to commit a trespass or other criminal

offense on the owner’s property; or

(2) Committing or attempting to commit a criminal offense against any

person; or

(3) Teasing, tormenting or abusing the dog.

[Plaintiff’s name] bears the burden to prove that none of the exceptions apply.

Provenance

Source
courts.delaware.gov
Retrieved
2026-09-23
Edition
civ-2025-10-22
Content hash
b22a0688f9286538fe849e7654471cba95b7f08fe7d782aab05242f2558080cd
View the official source →

The link goes to the issuing authority’s own document — the one we read to produce this record. Where a source publishes whole titles rather than sections, your browser may need a moment to jump to the provision.

Unofficial copy of government-published law, reproduced from official sources with full provenance. Not an official publication; verify against official sources before relying on it in a filing. Records in the 'guidance' corpus, and only that corpus, are sub-regulatory (interpretive guidelines, survey procedures) and are not binding law. Validity bounds follow each jurisdiction's declared temporalBasis.

Coverage · API docs

Bindinglaw

Point-in-time US law with the receipt attached. Source URL, retrieval time, content hash, and validity dates on every answer.

curl api.binding.law/v1/law/coverage

© 2026 binding.law · a Jubal, Inc. productAttorneys and firms never pay. Ever.