Clark v. Brings

Peterson, Justice.

While working as a babysitter for respondents’ three young children, appellant was without warning attacked and bitten by their pet Siamese cat. She brought this action to recover for the extensive injuries which allegedly resulted, and she appeals from an order denying a new trial after the court below directed a verdict for respondents and from the judgment entered pursuant to that verdict. These alternative contentions are argued: (1) That the common-law cause of action for injuries by animals should be changed, or the statute covering injuries by dogs judicially…