Gehrts v. Batteen

620 N.W.2d 775 (2001)

2001 SD 10

Jessica Marie GEHRTS, Plaintiff and Appellant,

v.

Jon BATTEEN and Cindy Nielsen, Defendants and Appellees.

No. 21456.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Argued November 30, 2000.

Decided January 17, 2001.

Thomas M. Tobin of Tonner, Tobin and King, Aberdeen, South Dakota, Attorneys for plaintiff and appellant.

Roy A. Wise of Richardson, Groseclose, Wyly, Wise & Sauck, Aberdeen, South Dakota, Attorneys for defendants and appellees.

GILBERTSON, Justice

[¶ 1.] Gehrts was bitten by a St. Bernard owned by Nielsen. Gehrts sued Nielsen in strict liability and in negligence. The trial…