Julie A. Augsburger v. Homestead Mutual Insurance Company

¶ 50. (dissenting).

On June 21, 2008, Julie Augsburger (Augsburger) visited the home of her longtime friend Janet Veith in rural Winnebago County. Augsburger had visited Janet, her husband Edward, and their daughter Jordan (the Veiths) on other occasions, and she knew that the Veiths kept multiple dogs on the premises. She asked Jordan whether the dogs had been let out of the house into a fenced-in yard because she had to walk through the yard to get to the barn where Janet was working. Jordan told her the dogs were not out.

¶ 51. When Augsburger entered the fenced-in area, she was suddenly…