Crance v. Sohanic

OLSZEWSKI, Judge:

In this case, a visitor to a home was attacked and bitten by a dog belonging to another visitor. The young victim of the attack, Robbin Crance, was kneeling and petting the dog when it bit her. She suffered severe lacerations on her cheek and near her ear, and was required to undergo several operations to restore her face to its normal appearance. She subsequently sued Charlotte Harding, the dog’s owner, and Michael Sohanic, the occupant of the house where the attack occured, alleging that they knew of the dog’s vicious tendencies but negligently failed to warn her of the…