Gibbs v. Grenadier Realty Corp.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Hansel McGee, J.), entered March 30, 1990, which denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Michele Gibbs, then 17 years of age, was allegedly attacked in an elevator by a dog owned by a tenant in premises owned by defendant Grenadier Realty Corp. When the attack took place, the dog, a "pit bull”, was unleashed and unsupervised.

In opposition to defendant’s motion for summary judgment, plaintiff and her mother averred that the landlord, through its agents/employees, was aware not only of the dog’s presence in the…