Cox v. Hayes

Society no longer allows the canis familiaris one free bite. This action arose when plaintiff, Pamela Sue Cox, through her next friend, her mother, sued for damages for permanent injuries sustained by her as the result of a dog bite, MCLA § 287.351 (Stat Ann 1967 Rev § 12.544). In a nonjury trial, the court decided in defendants’ favor. Plaintiff now appeals from the lower court order of no cause of action.

Testimony given at trial disclosed that plaintiff was a three-year-old deaf mute. At the time the injury occurred, defendants’ dog, a great Pyrenees, was seven years old and weighed…