Section 159 - Treble Damages for Injuries Caused by Dogs Ordered to Be Restrained

MA Gen L ch 140 § 159 (2019) (N/A)
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Section 159. If a hearing authority or a district court has deemed a dog to be a dangerous dog and such dog wounds a person or worries, wounds or kills any livestock or fowl, the owner or keeper of the dog shall be liable in tort to the person injured by the dog for 3 times the amount of damages sustained by such person.