Legal Opinion
Doyle v. Monroe County Deputy Sheriff's Ass'n
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 25, 2003PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Robert J. Lunn, J.
This case asks this court to decide the following question: Whether limited circumstances exist to support a negligence claim where a person is injured by a domestic animal and there is no proof of the animal’s vicious propensities.
On August 19, 2000, Daniel Doyle, the seven-year-old infant plaintiff in this action, attended a picnic at Mendon Ponds Park with his mother. The picnic was sponsored by defendant Monroe County Deputy Sheriff’s Association. As in previous years, defendant Sandy Neumann brought some animals to the *359picnic for a petting zoo. For…
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