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Ervolina v. La Framboise

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Nov 15, 1991
177 A.D.2d 987 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991)

Opinion

November 15, 1991

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Erie County, Francis, J.

Present — Denman, J.P., Boomer, Green, Pine and Davis, JJ.


Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Plaintiff commenced this personal injury action when her truck struck a horse that had escaped from a farm onto a public highway. The horse had been boarded at a farm owned by defendants Richard and Jenny Lega. The court correctly granted summary judgment to defendants Tiranno and Philippe and Elma La Framboise, the owners of the horse. The moving defendants showed that they had no knowledge that the Lega Farm was an unsafe location for boarding their horse and that the horse did not have a preexisting propensity to run away (see, Brown v. Willard, 278 App. Div. 728, affd 303 N.Y. 727; cf., Brophy v. Columbia County Agric. Socy., 116 A.D.2d 873). Plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact in response to the moving defendants' prima facie showing (see, Friends of Animals v. Associated Fur Mfrs., 46 N.Y.2d 1065, 1067).


Summaries of

Ervolina v. La Framboise

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Nov 15, 1991
177 A.D.2d 987 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991)
Case details for

Ervolina v. La Framboise

Case Details

Full title:THERESA ERVOLINA, Appellant, v. PHILIPPE LA FRAMBOISE et al., Individually…

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

Date published: Nov 15, 1991

Citations

177 A.D.2d 987 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991)
578 N.Y.S.2d 8