Legal Opinion
Scheidt v. Oberg
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided August 6, 2009PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Cardona, RJ.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Williams, J.), entered May 29, 2008 in Saratoga County, which granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Plaintiff commenced this action alleging that defendants’ dog, Ziggy, bit him, causing injury to his hand. Supreme Court granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, and plaintiff now appeals.
We affirm. “[A] plaintiff may not recover for injuries sustained in an attack by a dog unless he or she establishes that the dog had vicious propensities and that its owner knew or should…
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