Fishman v. Kotts

Opinion by

Judge TERRY.

Plaintiff, Vicky Fishman, appeals the judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of defendants, Nickolas and Judith Kotts (the dog owners). We affirm.

Fishman and three companions were riding their horses along a residential street in Weld County. As they approached the dog owners’ property, the owners’ two dogs began barking at the horses and riders. One of the dogs stopped at the edge of the owners’ property, but the other dog ran into the road, got underneath Fishman’s horse, and began nipping and biting at the horse’s hooves.

Fishman testified at trial that she was an…