Vavosa v. Stiles
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol Arber, J.), entered March 17, 1995, which granted plaintiff’s motion to set aside a jury verdict in defendants’ favor as against the weight of the evidence, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, without costs, the motion denied, and the jury verdict reinstated.
Plaintiff’s claim that defendants are liable to him for the personal injuries he suffered when defendants’ dog Mitzi, a 120 pound mixed breed German shepherd-bull mastiff, bit him, is premised on two alternative theories: strict liability and common law negligence. Before the owner…
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