AUSTER v. NORWALK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

No. 17672.

943 A.2d 391 (2008)

286 Conn. 152

Virginia AUSTER v. NORWALK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH et al.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided March 25, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Maslan, Jr., Darien, with whom, on the brief, was Amy J. Boland, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Robert C.E. Laney, with whom were Sarah F. DePanfilis and, on the brief, Charles A. Deluca, Stamford, for the appellee (named defendant).

ROGERS, C.J., and NORCOTT, PALMER, VERTEFEUILLE and SCHALLER, Js.


PALMER, J.

The plaintiff, Virginia Auster, suffered injuries when she was bitten by a dog owned by an employee of the named defendant, Norwalk United Methodist Church.1 The plaintiff commenced this action against the defendant seeking damages under the dog bite statute, General Statutes § 22-357,2 pursuant to which an owner or "keeper" of a dog is strictly liable...

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