BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2026 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — A Boca Raton man has filed a negligence lawsuit against Campbell Property Management after he was attacked and injured by an off-leash dog at the Boca Del Mar community in May 2022. The suit, just filed and obtained by BocaNewsNow.com, names Campbell Property Management and Real Estate, Inc. as the sole defendant and seeks damages in excess of $50,000.
According to the complaint, plaintiff John Walsh was legally on a common area grass section near Powerline Road and Canary Palm Drive inside the 25,000-resident Boca Del Mar community when he was bitten and attacked by a dog owned by resident Matthew Welch. The lawsuit alleges that Welch had been running a dog training business — one that advertises experience with dogs aggressive toward humans and other animals — from his home at 6837 Calle Del Plaza South since at least 2018, and had dogs off-leash in that same common area on a near-daily basis for years before the attack.
The complaint alleges that Campbell Property Management, which held a contract with the Boca Del Mar Improvement Association to manage and maintain the community, knew or should have known about Welch’s ongoing violations of HOA rules and Palm Beach County’s leash law, County Code Section 4.4, and failed to act. Among the alleged failures: not warning residents of the danger, not enforcing HOA bylaws, not notifying the HOA about Welch’s dog business, and not taking steps to stop the repeated off-leash violations that had allegedly been visible to management staff and community members for years.
Walsh, represented by Miami-based attorney Vincent J. Duffy of the Law Firm of Stuart H. Share, P.A., says he suffered permanent physical injuries in the attack and is seeking compensatory damages including medical costs, pain and suffering, disability, mental anguish, and loss of enjoyment of life. Campbell Property Management, headquartered in Deerfield Beach, has not yet filed a response processed by the Palm Beach County Clerk of Courts.
