Carrasquillo v. Carlson

Opinion

PETERS, J.

Sometimes, accidents happen without negligence. In this negligence action, an automobile driver sued the owner of a dog for injuries he received when he took evasive action to avoid hitting the dog in a public roadway. The dog owner filed a motion for summary judgment in which she claimed that the driver had failed to raise a material issue of disputed fact linking her conduct to the event that caused his injuries. The trial court granted the dog owner’s motion, in part because of the driver’s failure to attach any affidavits to his objection to the motion for summary…