CALABRO v. BENNETT


291 A.D.2d 616 (2002)

737 N.Y.S.2d 406

JOHANNA CALABRO, Respondent, v. PETER BENNETT et al., Appellants.

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

Decided February 7, 2002.


Mugglin, J.

Plaintiff seeks damages for injuries sustained from having been bitten in the face by defendants' Siberian husky. Defendants moved for summary judgment contending that they lacked knowledge that their dog had vicious propensities. Supreme Court denied the motion and defendants appeal.

We affirm. An owner is strictly liable for personal injuries caused by a domestic animal if the evidence establishes that the animal had vicious propensities and...

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