Holcomb v. Colonial Associates, L.L.C.

597 S.E.2d 710 (2004)

358 N.C. 501

Cecil C. HOLCOMB

v.

COLONIAL ASSOCIATES, L.L.C., and John Olson.

No. 581A02.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 25, 2004.

Smith Moore LLP, by James G. Exum, Jr., Greensboro; and Waller, Stroud, Stewart & Araneda, LLP, by W. Randall Stroud, Cary, for plaintiff-appellant.

Bailey & Dixon, L.L.P., by Gary S. Parsons and Warren T. Savage, Raleigh, for defendant-appellee Colonial.

ORR, Justice.

This case involves the issue of whether a landlord can be held liable for negligence when his tenant's dogs injure a third party. Although the dogs in this case committed vicious…