LEBRON v. NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY


268 A.D.2d 563 (2000)

702 N.Y.S.2d 623

MARIA A. LEBRON, Appellant, v. NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY, Respondent.

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

Decided January 31, 2000.


Ordered that order is affirmed, with costs.

The infant plaintiff was injured when he was bitten by a dog owned by a tenant of the defendant. The keeping of the dog by the tenant was in violation of the tenant's lease with the defendant. In a case arising from a dog bite, where, as here, the plaintiff is seeking to recover against a defendant landlord under a theory of strict liability, the plaintiff must prove that the defendant had both notice that the dog was being...

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