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§ 14

Citation
§ 14
Parent Document
Frobig v. Gordon, 881 P.2d 226 (1994)
Jurisdiction
Washington (state)
Effective Date
1994-09-29

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62 N.Y.2d 572, 468 N.E.2d 13, 479 N.Y.S.2d 175 (1984), the court found a landlord liable where a child approached the tenant’s tied-up German Shepherd dog and was bitten. The court found liability because the landlord knew the dog was vicious when she leased the premises (she had seen it " 'barking very loudly, jumping up and down, growling and acting ferocious’ ” when it was tied up) and because she "took no measures by pertinent provisions in the lease or otherwise to protect third persons who might be on the premises from being attacked . . .”. Strunk, at 574-75. The court thus imposed on the landlord a duty,