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PLAINTIFFS DID NOT DEMONSTRATE DEFENDANT HAD ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE DOG’S VICIOUS PROPENSITIES IN THIS DOG BITE CASE, DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED (FOURTH DEPT). ​

The Fourth Department determined defendant’s motion for summary judgment in this dog bit case should have been granted.  The evidence that the dog had barked at a neighbor did not demonstrate defendant was made aware of the incident and did not demonstrate when the incident occurred:

Even assuming, arguendo, that the dog possessed the requisite vicious propensities, we conclude that defendant met her initial burden on the motion by submitting deposition testimony from herself, her son, and her then boyfriend, which established that defendant lacked actual or constructive knowledge that the dog had any vicious propensities, and plaintiffs failed to raise an issue of fact … . In opposition to the motion, plaintiffs submitted the affidavit of one of defendant’s neighbors, who averred that, on at least two prior occasions, she had seen the dog roaming the neighborhood, and that the dog entered into her backyard and started to bark at her in an aggressive and angry way, thereby putting her in fear that she would be bitten by the dog. The neighbor does not aver that she informed defendant of the two incidents, and thus the affidavit does not raise an issue of fact whether defendant had actual knowledge of the dog’s vicious propensities. Furthermore, the neighbor’s affidavit does not detail when the two prior incidents occurred, and thus the affidavit does not raise an issue of fact whether defendant had constructive knowledge of the dog’s vicious propensities, i.e., that the vicious propensities had “existed for a sufficient period of time for a reasonable person to discover them” … . Jennifer M.C.-Y. v Boring, 2019 NY Slip Op 05901, Fourth Dept 7-31-19

 

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