GALGANO v. TOWN OF NORTH HEMPSTEAD


41 A.D.3d 536 (2007)

840 N.Y.S.2d 794

MEGHAN GALGANO et al., Appellants, v. TOWN OF NORTH HEMPSTEAD et al., Respondents.

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

Decided June 12, 2007.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

To recover in strict liability in tort for a dog bite or attack, 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 Longstreet v Peltz, 33 A.D.3d 673 [2006]; Lugo v Angle of Green, 268 A.D.2d 567 [2000]). Evidence tending to demonstrate a dog...

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