Animal Attack Lawsuit Loan

My brother was attacked by a Chow dog coming out of his home the other day. He lives in a very shady part of town and many of his neighbors let there animals roam without a leash. He hired a lawyer to get money out of the apartment complex because the dog was larger than the size they allow and they never did anything about it because the dog belonged to the maintenance guy and I guess they didn’t want to make him mad. I have read on other sites that many lawsuit loan company’s won’t give money for animal attacks because many of the people that own vicious dogs don’t have money to get. I think this is a little different but can you confirm.