FIELDS v. THOMPSON

77831.

190 Ga. App. 177 (1989)

378 S.E.2d 390

FIELDS v. THOMPSON.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided February 6, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas E. Bakatsas, for appellant.

Long, Weinberg, Ansley & Wheeler, Suzanne M. Trexler, Earl W. Gunn, for appellee.


SOGNIER, Judge.

Steve Fields brought suit against William Thompson seeking damages for injuries Fields incurred when he was attacked and bitten by Thompson's mixed breed dog. The trial court granted Thompson's motion for summary judgment and Fields appeals.

OCGA § 51-2-7, as amended effective July 1, 1985, provides: "A person who owns or keeps a vicious or dangerous animal of any kind and who, by careless management or by allowing the animal to go at...

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