Legal Opinion
Wheeler v. Couret
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 15, 2001No. 99 CIV. 11550(GEL)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
LYNCH, District Judge.
Plaintiff Margaret E. Wheeler, an employee of a veterinary hospital in New York, brings this action in negligence and strict liability against defendants Karmen Couret, a dog owner, and Laurie Culbert, a veterinarian, as a result of being bitten by a sick dog at her place of employment. Defendants move for summary judgment, arguing variously that the suit against the veterinarian, a fellow-employee, is barred by the New York Workers’ Compensation Law, that the cause of action in strict liability against the dog owner fails because of the absence of…
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