UVANNI, MARY E. v. CRUMB, RICK

Memorandum: Plaintiff Mary E. Uvanni was walking her dog, Bentley, when defendants’ unleashed dog, Scooby, emerged from behind a shrub and bit Bentley. Scooby apparently had slipped past defendant Linda Crumb from defendants’ fenced-in backyard. Defendants moved for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground that they did not have prior knowledge of Scooby’s dangerous propensities. Supreme Court granted the motion only to the extent that plaintiffs seek punitive damages, but otherwise denied the motion. We conclude that the court should have granted the motion in its entirety.

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