Clark v. Heaps
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtGarry, J.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Becker, J.), entered July 8, 2013 in Delaware County, which granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Plaintiff was employed by defendant’s housekeeper to clean defendant’s house and care for his animals — including a pit bull named Heidi and two other dogs — when the housekeeper was unavailable to do so. While working at defendant’s home in October 2011, plaintiff took the dogs outside to play and sat on a hammock in the yard. Heidi jumped onto the hammock and almost immediately jumped off it again, kicking the hammock…
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