Dansker v. Gelb

WESTHUES, Presiding Judge.

This is an action for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained when plaintiff, Sylvia Dansker, on June 4, 1959, fell down a flight of stairs at defendant’s (Belle Gelb’s) home when plaintiff was frightened by a dog. A trial resulted in a verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $23,500. The trial court sustained defendant’s motion for a new trial and plaintiff appealed.

Plaintiff, in her petition, based her cause of action on the theory that the defendant “owned, harbored and controlled a certain dog which was of and possessed a mischievous and vicious…