Coogle v. Jahangard

JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.

This personal injury case was brought to recover damages in connection with a dog bite. The victim, 11-year-old Marshall Kunisch, was bitten by a golden retriever owned by James Green. Kunisch’s mother, Rebecca Coogle, filed the action not against Green, but against the dog’s previous owners, Hamid and Mozhgan Jahangard. Coogle, on behalf of herself and Kunisch, sued the Jahangards claiming they were liable because they gave the dog to Green knowing the dog had bitten someone before, but failed to inform Green of the dog’s dangerous propensity. Coogle’s theory was…