POLING v. PETER R. RYLANCE, INC.

No. 79-1845.

388 So.2d 353 (1980)

John S. POLING and Nancy Poling, Appellants, v. PETER R. RYLANCE, INC., Eggleston & Sons Plumbing, and William Keith Wheeler, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

October 1, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond G. Ingalsbe of Saylor, Ingalsbe & Cohen, North Palm Beach, for appellants.

Marjorie D. Gadarian of Jones & Foster, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellee, Eggleston & Sons Plumbing Co.


LETTS, Chief Judge.

This cause is affirmed.

An employer is not liable for injury caused to a third party by his employee's German Shepherd dog if the bringing of that dog to the worksite is not consented to or encouraged by the employer, of no benefit to the employer, not within the scope of the employee's duties, and the employer has no knowledge of the vicious propensities of the animal. In such circumstances the employer breaches no duty to a third party...

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