The 'Vicious Propensities' Rule and Property Owner Liability, Part 2
In light of the recent appellate decision in 'Hewitt v. Palmer Veterinary Clinic', former Housing Court Judge George Heymann provides an update on his previous articles on the topic of "vicious propensities" and a landowner's duty of care.
January 21, 2021 at 10:52 AM
14 minute read
In an earlier published article on this subject, The 'Vicious Propensities' Rule and Property Owner Liability, NYLJ (May 8, 2019), which I co-authored with Matthew J. Kaiser, we provided a detailed analysis of the then-recent appellate case Hewitt v. Palmer Veterinary Clinic, PC, 167 A.D.3d 1120 (3d Dept. 2018). That decision stirred a great deal of interest in this area of personal injury law because it effectively held that a landowner could be absolved from its nondelegable duty of care if the instrumentality of harm was the domestic animal owned by another.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
NOT FOR REPRINT
© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
You Might Like
View AllLack of Agreement on 'Implicit' Settlement Term Insufficient to Preclude Enforcement
7 minute readNo-Fault Insurance Law Wrap-Up: Recent Decisions Concerning New York's MVAIC Coverage
9 minute readTrending Stories
- 1The Law Firm Disrupted: Playing the Talent Game to Win
- 2A&O Shearman Adopts 3-Level Lockstep Pay Model Amid Shift to All-Equity Partnership
- 3Preparing Your Law Firm for 2025: Smart Ways to Embrace AI & Other Technologies
- 4BD Settles Thousands of Bard Hernia Mesh Lawsuits
- 5A RICO Surge Is Underway: Here's How the Allstate Push Might Play Out
Featured Firms
Law Offices of Gary Martin Hays & Associates, P.C.
(470) 294-1674
Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone
(857) 444-6468
Smith & Hassler
(713) 739-1250