Brotemarkle v. Snyder

Plaintiff was riding a motor scooter near the intersection of two streets in Los Angeles. A dog “unleashed and unattended . . . dashed into and collided” with plaintiff’s motor scooter. Plaintiff was thrown to the pavement, suffered painful and serious injuries. His hospital, bill was nearly a thousand dollars.

Complaint was filed in the superior court against the owners of the dog, alleging the collision and the injuries, and violation of a city ordinance which requires every person, owner of a dog, to keep the animal “exclusively upon his own premises.” The ordinance further provides that a…