Liability if neighbor's dog attacks?

[Bienes Raices]

The neighbors next to my rental have a pitbull. Most of the time it's kept in the backyard. I am not on good terms with the neighbors because I had a run in with one of the adults there on a separate matter.

Today I had some workers at the property removing old, loose fence material that was piled against the existing fence. The pitbull was there next door as usual, and a group of teens were sitting in the backyard smoking herb.

Once the workers removed last piece of debris that was covering the fence, a small gap was revealed in the fence and the pitbull's snarling face appeared through the gap. One of the workers was spooked by the incident.

If the fence was damaged by a storm or part of it just fell over naturally, would I be liable if the dog broke through and bit one of the tenants?

[Steve Babiak]

Pitbulls can be dangerous in natural form. But now you've got pitbulls that are high from (second-hand) smoking of herb ... who knows how that might affect things!