Legal Opinion
Yuzon v. Collins
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 30, 2004No. B163840PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ORTEGA, J.
Under California law, a landlord owes a duty of care to his tenant’s invitees to prevent injury from the tenant’s vicious dog when the landlord has “actual knowledge” of the dog’s vicious nature in time to protect against the dangerous condition on his property. (Uccello v. Laudenslayer (1975) 44 Cal.App.3d 504, 507 [118 Cal.Rptr. 741].)
In this case, plaintiff was bitten by a dog owned by defendant landlord’s tenants. The landlord moved for summary judgment, contending, among other things, that he owed plaintiff no duty of care due to his lack of actual prior knowledge of the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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