JOHNSON v. McMAHAN

No. B115029.

80 Cal.Rptr.2d 173 (1998)

68 Cal.App.4th 173

Bradley JOHNSON, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Robert McMAHAN et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Four.

December 1, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

White & Demaret, Merlin L. Reed, Jr., Los Angeles, Nadasi, Kwasigroch & Associates and Michael D. Kwasigroch, Simi Valley, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Horvitz & Levy, Lisa Perrochet, Holly R. Paul, Encino, Dennison, Bennett & Press and James H. Goudge, Woodland Hills, for Defendants and Respondents.


EPSTEIN, Acting P.J.

The sole issue in this case is whether the California dog bite statute, Civil Code section 3342, applies when the bitee does not suffer a wound. It does. The trial court ruled otherwise, granting defendants' motion for summary adjudication. Plaintiff was unsuccessful in his other causes of action, and suffered an adverse judgment from which he appeals. Beyond this statement, we eschew word play...

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