In this month’s column we discuss a case in which the Court of Appeals declined to apply ordinary negligence principles to claims involving injuries caused by household pets. We also address a case in which the court determined that the statute of limitations in contractual securities “repurchase” claims starts running at the time of the contract, and finally, a case which clarified the circumstances in which a court may apply New York law despite a contractual choice of law provision calling for the application of the law of a different jurisdiction.
Liability for Domestic Pets
In companion cases Doerr v. Goldsmith and Dobinski v. Lockhart, a divided court found that plaintiffs may not obtain a recovery for injuries sustained as a result of a household pet owner’s ordinary negligence. Both cases arose from injuries sustained by plaintiff-bicyclists who crashed into dogs that were in the roadway.
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