They are on duty 24/7, the police department will be responsible, likely defend you as you would have a case against them if they didn't, so the tenant who got bit has a big hill to climb.

But when you are the defendant in such a suit, what can you do?

Their zealots were defending them in the comments instead of them addressing the real questions.

If the dog attacks again, do what you need to do to defend yourselves.You need to open the lines of communication to get anywhere, and this is the cheapest way to do it.

Any suggestion that any method I speak about is "gettingaroundtherules" I have to defend against. 

I have a similar clause in my management agreement:Owner agrees to protect, defend, indemnify, and hold Broker harmless from any damage, costs, attorney’s fees, and expenses that:(1) Are caused by Owner, negligently or otherwise;(2) Arise from Owner’s failure to disclose any material or relevant information about the Property;(3) Are caused by Owner providing any incorrect information to any person; or(4) Are related to the management of the Property and not caused by Broker, negligently or otherwise.When searching for a Property Manager, it's important to interview several and compare their management agreement, lease agreement, policies and procedures, etc.

You should have stuck to 2-3 bulletproof violations that were obvious and easily defendable.

Among several dealers, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan Chase, and Bank of America were named as defendants.

Not only has the foreclsoure rate increased substantially, but the borrowers have acquired a new agressiveness in delaying and defending against foreclsoure.

Let's see you defend that...even the Bible implies that it's better that lots of guilty men go free than one innocent man gets punished.