NU Online News Service, May 10, 2:56 p.m. EDT
State Farm calls dog bites a “serious public health problem” and says it paid $90 million on about 3,500 dog-bite claims last year.
The Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) says insurers paid out $412 million for dog-bite claims in 2010, and the average cost per claim has steadily increased.
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