Legal Opinion

Rodrigues v. Norte

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 29, 2007PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Doyle, J.), dated January 3, 2006, which granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and denied their cross motion for summary judgment on the issue of liability.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The defendants established their prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by establishing that they neither knew nor should have known that their dog had any propensity to bump into people (see Cameron v…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Althoff v. LefebvreAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
  2. Anderson v. CardunerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
  3. Cameron v. HarariAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
  4. Zelman v. CosentinoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Gammon v. CurleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  2. Debellas v. VerrillAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008

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