ZOZZARO v. TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD

2019-08229. Index No. 609959/17.

200 A.D.3d 936 (2021)

155 N.Y.S.3d 357

2021 NY Slip Op 07024

Michael Zozzaro, Appellant, v. Town of Hempstead, Respondent.

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

Decided December 15, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rappaport, Glass, Levine & Zullo, LLP, Islandia, NY ( Matthew Zullo and Christopher Glass of counsel), for appellant.

Berkman, Henoch, Peterson, Peddy & Fenchel, P.C., Garden City, NY ( Randy S. Nissan of counsel), for respondent.

Austin, J.P., Miller, Wooten and Zayas, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiff alleges that his right wrist and hand were bitten by a Siberian husky breed dog being boarded at an animal shelter owned and maintained by the defendant, Town of Hempstead. The dog had been picked up as a stray on the Meadowbrook Parkway. On the day of the incident, the plaintiff was visiting the animal shelter and had asked specifically to see the dog for the purpose of adoption. The plaintiff commenced...

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