AMBERWOOD ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, INC. v. Matthews

SONNER, Judge.

Shanita Matthews 1 , appellee, while visiting her friend,- Shelly Morton, in an apartment complex, witnessed her sixteen-month-old son, Tevin Williams, being killed by a vicious pitbull named Rampage. Rampage was known by Ms. Morton, the dog’s custodian, for being vicious, but Ms. Matthews did not sue Ms. Morton, nor the owner of Rampage, who was away in jail. Instead, she sued appellants, the landlord of the apartment complex, Amberwood Associates, and the property’s manager, Monocle Management (hereinafter landlords). She obtained a judgment against them on several counts…