Brouk v. Brueggeate

AHRENS, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff, Michael Brouk, appeals from judgment entered in favor of defendants, Andreas Ten Brueggeate and Penny Ten Brueggeate, 1 at the close of plaintiff’s opening statement. The trial court found that plaintiff’s opening statement failed to sufficiently outline evidence which could prove to the jury that defendants were liable to plaintiff for injuries caused by defendants’ dog. We affirm.

This action arose out of injuries sustained by plaintiff when he was riding a bicycle and defendants’ dog ran into the bicycle, causing plaintiff to be thrown from the bicycle.…