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BRAMBLE v. THOMPSON

[Nos. 212 and 213, September Term, 1971.]

264 Md. 518 (1972)

287 A.2d 265

BRAMBLE ET AL. v. THOMPSON ET UX.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided February 16, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Robert Evans, with whom was Walter Litvinuck on the brief, for appellants.

E.B. Harris, Jr., with whom were Frank J. Tripoda and Hardwick & Tripoda on the brief, for appellees.

The cause was argued before HAMMOND, C.J., and BARNES, McWILLIAMS, FINAN, SINGLEY, SMITH and DIGGES, JJ.

DIGGES, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal presents for resolution a question of first impression in this State. We must decide whether the owner of an animal known by him to be vicious can incur liability when that animal attacks and injures a trespasser on the owner's property. While the law in Maryland regarding the liability of an owner of property to trespassers as well as the liability of owners of vicious animals to persons injured is long...

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