Ubani onecala uma kwenzeka ukulunywa yinja? Yimaphi amalungelo asemthethweni izisulu ezinawo ngemva kokuhlaselwa? Kulesi siqephu se-Personal Injury 101: Dog Bites, Associate Phillip Ayers ixoxa ngokuthi ubani ongase abekwe icala esigamekweni sokulunywa yinja futhi ichaza imiqondo ebalulekile yezomthetho, okuhlanganisa nomthetho othi “kulunywa okukodwa mahhala”, ukunganaki, kanye nezindlela ezingasetshenziswa ngaphansi komthetho. UPhillip uphinde achaze izinyathelo okufanele zithathwe ngemva kokulunywa yinja, ukuqonda okusebenzayo kokuthi icala linqunywa kanjani nokuthi yiziphi izici ezingathinta ikhono lesisulu lokuthola isinxephezelo.
Kwa-GLP Attorneys, siyaqonda ukuthi ukulimala kwenja kungaba nomthelela ongokomzimba, ongokomzwelo, nowezimali kubantu ngabanye kanye nemindeni yabo. Ithimba lethu lizibophezele ekusizeni abantu abalimele baqonde amalungelo abo, bahambe enkambisweni yezomthetho, futhi bagxile ekululameni kwabo ngokuzethemba.
Ubani onecala esigamekweni sokulunywa yinja?
Iningi labantu lizithanda ngempela izinja, futhi iningi labanikazi bezinja bangabantu abanomthwalo wemfanelo abanakekela izilwane zabo futhi banikeza ukuqeqeshwa okufanele. Ngakho-ke kuzwakala kushaqisa kakhulu uma uhlangana nenja enonya, futhi ikakhulukazi uma uhlaselwa noma ulunywe yiyo.
Uma wena noma umuntu omthandayo eke walunywa yinja, ungase uzizwe ukhungathekile, usezinhlungwini, noma ungaqiniseki ukuthi yini okufanele uyenze ngokulandelayo. Awuwedwa futhi silapha ukuzokusiza. Kuye ngesimo lapho ukulunywa kwenzeke khona, umthwalo wemfanelo ungawela ngaphansi kohlaka olulodwa noma ngaphezulu lwezomthetho ezilandelayo. Ezifundazweni eziningana, okuhlanganisa nezethu, Washington Esifundazweni, abanikazi bezinja banesibopho esiqinile ngokulimala okubangelwa yizinja zabo, noma ngabe inja ingakaze ibonise ulaka ngaphambili.
Akunandaba ukuthi inja ike yaluma umuntu ngaphambili, yabonisa izimpawu zolaka, noma ukuthi umnikazi uthathe izinyathelo zokuphepha. Uma kukhona ukulimala okubangelwe yisilwane, umnikazi wenja uyisisulu. Lokho kusho ukuthi uma ulunywe yinja endaweni yomphakathi noma ngenkathi usezindaweni ezizimele ngokomthetho, ungaba nelungelo Isinxephezelo ngezindleko zezokwelapha, ukulahlekelwa yimali engenayo, ukuhlukumezeka ngokomzwelo nokuningi.
Ngaphansi komthetho wecala, Umnikazi wenja angase abhekane necala eliqinile nganoma yikuphi ukulimala okubangelwe yinja yakhe, okusho ukuthi umnikazi angabhekwa njengonecala ngisho noma ebengenandaba noma engazi ukuthi inja ithambekele ekulumeni.
Uyini umthetho "wokulunywa okukodwa mahhala"?
Amanye amazwe asalandela umlando "ukuluma okukodwa kwamahhala" umthetho. Lokhu kusho ukuthi umnikazi angase agweme icala ngenja yakhe elimaza othile uma engenaso isizathu sokwazi ukuthi inja yakhe iyingozi.
Kodwa-ke, uma umnikazi enesizathu sokwazi ukuthi inja yakhe ingaba yingozi, umnikazi unesibopho esisemthethweni sokuvimbela ukulimala kwenja yakhe esikhathini esizayo, futhi uzoba nesibopho somonakalo inja yakhe ewubangela komunye umuntu.
Kuyini ukunganaki uma inja ilunywe?
Kulezi zimo, abanikazi bangabekwa icala uma othile elimele ngenxa yokwehluleka komnikazi ukwenza ngendlela efanele, njengokungaqashisi inja yakhe esidlangalaleni noma ukuyivumela izulazule ngokukhululeka. Uma ukunganaki komnikazi kubangela ukulimala, bangase babe necala.
Ingabe kukhona okuhlukile?
Izifundazwe eziningi azibabeki abanikazi bezinja icala uma umuntu ongene endaweni engemthetho elimele endaweni yangasese. Kodwa-ke, uma inja ihlasela umuntu ohlala kuleyo ndawo ngokusemthethweni njengomuntu oletha impahla, isivakashi, noma omunye umuntu onelayisensi yokuba kule ndawo, umnikazi angadingeka ukuthi akhokhele umuntu olimele izindleko zezokwelapha, imali engenayo elahlekile, ubuhlungu nokuhlupheka, ukucindezeleka ngokomzwelo noma umonakalo wempahla.
Yini ebalulekile okufanele uyenze ngemva kokulunywa yinja?
Ngemva kokulunywa yinja, kubalulekile ukufuna usizo lwezokwelapha ngokushesha, kokubili ngokomzimba nangokwengqondo, ikakhulukazi ezinganeni ezincane. Thola isimo senja sokugonywa, bika lesi sigameko kubaphathi bezilwane kanye namaphoyisa ngokushesha. Bhala phansi ukulimala kwakho ngezithombe njalo bese uthola isiqondiso sezomthetho ngaphambi kokukhuluma nenkampani yomshuwalense yabanikazi bezinja.
Khuluma Nommeli Onolwazi Ngokulimala Kwezinja Namuhla
Kwa-GLP Attorneys, siyaqonda ukuthi isigameko sokulunywa yinja singaba buhlungu kangakanani kubo bonke abathintekayo. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ulimele yinja noma inja yakho ilimaze othile, abameli bethu abanolwazi ngokulimala komuntu siqu balapha ukukuqondisa enkambisweni yezomthetho.
Uma ulimele esigamekweni sokulunywa yinja noma unemibuzo mayelana namalungelo akho asemthethweni, silapha ukuzokusiza. Shayela ucingo (800) 273-5005 noma uthumele i-imeyili kubameli bethu ku- ngokubonisana mahhala.
