Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.
To recover in strict liability in tort for a dog bite, the plaintiff must establish that the dog had vicious propensities and that the owner knew or should have known of the dog's propensities (see Lugo v Angle of Green,
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