Legal Opinion
Gillette v. City of Elmira
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 26, 2001PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Spain, J.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Castellino, J.), entered April 26, 2000 in Chemung County, which, inter alia, granted a motion by defendants City *910of Elmira and Chemung County Humane Society and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Inc., for summary judgment dismissing the complaint against them.
In October 1996, Amy Gillette and Bobby Jo Fuller were attacked and bitten by two pit bull terriers after the dogs escaped through a hole in the fence surrounding the property rented by the dogs’ owners in the City of Elmira, Chemung County. Thereafter, plaintiffs…
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