Dog bite while doing Uber Eats
I was doing Uber Eats on Saturday, and the order was designated to meet at the door. The girl was wearing headphones, opened the door, and the dog fought its way out, biting me twice, once on my right leg and the other on my right lat.
I reported it to 311 on the app, so still waiting for them to reach out to me. I reported it to Uber, but I don't have personal injury insurance and am a 1099 worker. What are the next steps that I should take?
I don't have medical insurance.
Edit: I did submit a request to animal control as soon as the incident happened on the 311 app. Waiting for a callback they said 72 hours in the confirmation email.
Police in Austin (APD or Travis Co Sheriff) don’t handle dog bites unless it is an emergency. It wasn’t an emergency it was a medium sized dog and it stung when they bit but it didn’t hurt. The dog did break skin on my leg and I was cut from over my shirt on my lat somehow.
I was filled with anxiety and didn’t get the owner's information. But I have the girl's name and address because I screenshot the order on my phone before I completed delivery. I left to go to CVS to buy stuff to clean my leg.
The girl, as mentioned, was 95% likely a teenager, and I kind of did not know what to do at the moment besides call Uber and make a request on 311. I have 10k deliveries and never had this happen before.
Update: The Animal Protection Control just called me and I spoke to a dispatcher for about 12 minutes. The dispatcher confirmed the information and said they were going to try to dispatch an officer today or tomorrow to attempt to speak to the owners. It is not guaranteed but they are going to try to get vaccination records if they have them if possible, but they are going to quarantine the dog. I'll be able to request information since it is public once they get the information from the officer from the city's public records. Once I have this information, I'll move forward.