Registe v. Porter

CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

Appellant, plaintiff below, Seres Registe, challenges the final summary judgment entered against him in his negligence action against appellee, defendant below, Joe Porter, doing business as Joe Porter’s Junkyard. Appellant’s cause of action for personal injuries arose out of a dog-bite incident which occurred at appellee’s junkyard. We affirm.

Appellant is a resident alien from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, who speaks and reads only Creole French. On May 16, 1984, appellant, accompanied by two Haitian friends, went to appellee’s junkyard looking for parts for his broken down…