Egenreither ex rel. Egenreither v. Carter

LAWRENCE G. CRAHAN, Judge.

Sandra Carter (“Defendant”) appeals the trial court’s order granting a new trial after the jury rendered a verdict in her favor on Melissa Egenreither’s (“Plaintiff’) claim for personal injuries sustained when she was bitten by Defendant’s dog. We affirm.

Plaintiff, then thirteen years old, was walking home through the alley behind Defendant’s home in the City of St. Louis. Plaintiff saw Defendant’s son come out of the back yard into the ahey through a gate in the chain link fence. Defendant’s dog, Neno, a mixed breed of German Shepherd and Rotweiller, came through…