CLARK v. JOINER

No. A99A1765.

530 S.E.2d 45 (2000)

242 Ga. App. 421

CLARK et al. v. JOINER.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

February 18, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Whelchel, Brown, Readdick & Bumgartner, J. Thomas Whelchel, Brunswick, for appellants.

Andrew A. Taylor, St. Marys, for appellee.


ANDREWS, Presiding Judge.

We granted Thomas and Beverly Clark's application for interlocutory review after the trial court denied their motion for summary judgment on John Joiner's claim for damages from a dog bite. Because there is no evidence that the dog had ever bitten anyone before or that the Clarks knew that the dog had any propensity to bite someone, we reverse.

This case arose when Joiner went to the Clarks' house to sell them insurance. Joiner had...

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