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CARTER v. METRO NORTH ASSOCS.

255 A.D.2d 251 (1998)

680 N.Y.S.2d 239

Shirley Carter, Respondent, v. Metro North Associates et al., Appellants

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

November 24, 1998

Before a pet owner, or the landlord of the building in which the pet lives, may be held strictly liable for an injury inflicted by the animal, the plaintiff must establish both (1) that the animal had vicious propensities and (2) that the defendant knew or should have known of the animal's propensities (see, Vavosa v Stiles, 220 A.D.2d 363; Gibbs v Grenadier Realty Corp., 173 A.D.2d 171

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