Belger v. Sweeney

OPINION

OLIVER-PARROTT, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a take-nothing summary judgment in favor of appellee, George B. Sweeney, Jr. (Sweeney). Appellant, Heather A. Belger, had sued claiming personal injuries sustained from a dog bite.

In July 1973, in Karachi, Pakistan, Bel-ger, then five-years-old, went into the Sweeneys’ backyard with their permission and was attacked by Sweeneys’ dog. She sustained injuries to her head that left residual scarring still present when she filed suit upon reaching age 18.

Sweeney filed a motion for summary judgment supported by Belger’s answers to…