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Briggs v. Taggert

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Nov 13, 1998
255 A.D.2d 980 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)

Opinion

November 13, 1998

Appeal from Order of Supreme Court, Chautauqua County, Gerace, J. — Summary Judgment.

Present — Green, J. P., Pine, Wisner, Balio and Boehm, JJ.


Order unanimously reversed on the law without costs, motion granted and complaint against defendant Donald Wells dismissed. Memorandum: Supreme Court erred in denying the motion of Donald Wells (defendant) for summary judgment dismissing the complaint against him. Plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for injuries sustained by his four-year-old daughter when she was attacked by a dog owned by defendant's tenants. Defendant established his entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by submitting proof that he was not aware of the dog's alleged vicious propensities ( see, Mehl v. Fleisher, 234 A.D.2d 274, 275). Plaintiff failed to come forward with evidentiary proof in admissible form showing the existence of a triable issue of fact. Plaintiff invites sheet speculation when he contends that such knowledge may be inferred from the close relationship between defendant's wife and her daughter, defendant Karen Taggert, who was one of the tenants ( see, Eddy v. Tops Friendly Mkts., 91 A.D.2d 1203, affd 59 N.Y.2d 692).


Summaries of

Briggs v. Taggert

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Nov 13, 1998
255 A.D.2d 980 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
Case details for

Briggs v. Taggert

Case Details

Full title:EDWARD BRIGGS, Individually and as Parent and Natural Guardian of NATASHA…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department

Date published: Nov 13, 1998

Citations

255 A.D.2d 980 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
680 N.Y.S.2d 137

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