Commonwealth v. Morgera

OPINION BY

Judge LEADBETTER.

Appellant, Patty L. Morgera, appeals an order of the Common Pleas Court of Chester County (trial court) finding her guilty of harboring a dangerous dog in violation of Section 502-A of the Dog Law 1 because her dog caused severe injury to two sheep. We reverse.

The parties stipulated to the following facts. On March 11, 2002, appellant’s dog left appellant’s property and entered a pasture containing twenty-seven sheep. Without provocation, the dog bit two pregnant sheep, causing multiple lacerations. The sheep’s owner intervened and the dog submitted without further…