Kimbrough v. Keenum

ISHEE, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Randall and Ruth Kimbrough were attacked on their property by two pit bulls that lived in a rental house across the street. The Kimbroughs filed a negligence suit in the Jackson County Circuit Court against the tenant and the landlords of the rental property. The property was owned by the Will Ray Keenum and Delores Fer-reres Keenum Revocable Inter Vivos Trust (the landlords). The landlords filed a motion for summary judgment, which the trial court granted. The trial court held that the law does not impose a duty on a landlord to protect others from dog attacks…