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Torts: Dog Bite-Proof of Ownership
Staff Report//March 27, 2020
Plaintiff appealed from the summary judgment entered for defendants. Plaintiff had filed suit on behalf of his minor child for injuries the child suffered from a dog bite. The dog was kept on premises owned by defendants that they leased to their tenant.
Where plaintiff could not present evidence to show that the dog that bit his child was harbored by defendants, the trial court correctly ruled that defendants did not have any liability for the attack.
Judgment is affirmed.
A.T. v. Satterfield (MLW No. 74700/Case No. SD36351 – 8 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Burrell, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Christian County, Johnson, J. (Matthew Thurman Nagel, St. Louis, for appellant) (David Richard Adair, Springfield, for respondent)
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