Source: https://govt.westlaw.com/mdc/Document/NB111FF40C02011E3AD48B87CF1CB7E3F?viewType=FullText&originationContext=documenttoc&transitionType=CategoryPageItem&contextData=(sc.Default)&bhcp=1
Timestamp: 2020-07-05 01:57:01
Document Index: 596276506

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 3', '§ 3', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 3', '§ 3']

§ 3-1901. Actions against dog owners for personal injury or death caused by dog
West's Annotated Code of MarylandCourts and Judicial ProceedingsEffective: April 8, 2014
Subtitle 19. Personal Injury or Death Caused by Dog (Refs & Annos)
Effective: April 8, 2014
MD Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings, § 3-1901
(a)(1) In an action against an owner of a dog for damages for personal injury or death caused by the dog, evidence that the dog caused the personal injury or death creates a rebuttable presumption that the owner knew or should have known that the dog had vicious or dangerous propensities.
(2) Notwithstanding any other law or rule, in a jury trial, the judge may not rule as a matter of law that the presumption has been rebutted before the jury returns a verdict.
Common law of liability that existed on April 1, 2012
(b) In an action against a person other than an owner of a dog for damages for personal injury or death caused by the dog, the common law of liability relating to attacks by dogs against humans that existed on April 1, 2012, is retained as to the person without regard to the breed or heritage of the dog.
(c) The owner of a dog is liable for any injury, death, or loss to person or property that is caused by the dog, while the dog is running at large, unless the injury, death, or loss was caused to the body or property of a person who was:
(1) Committing or attempting to commit a trespass or other criminal offense on the property of the owner;
(2) Committing or attempting to commit a criminal offense against any person; or
(3) Teasing, tormenting, abusing, or provoking the dog.
Construction with common law
(d) This section does not affect:
(1) Any other common law or statutory cause of action; or
(2) Any other common law or statutory defense or immunity.
Added by Acts 2014, c. 48, § 1, eff. April 8, 2014; Acts 2014, c. 49, § 1, eff. April 8, 2014.
Acts 2014, c. 48, §§ 2 and 3, and Acts 2014, c. 49, §§ 2 and 3, provide:
“SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, subject to Section 3 of this Act, it is the intent of the General Assembly that this Act abrogate the holding of the Court of Appeals in Tracey v. Solesky, 427 Md. 627 (2012).
“SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall be construed to apply only prospectively and may not be applied or interpreted to have any effect on or application to any cause of action arising before the effective date of this Act.”
MD Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings, § 3-1901, MD CTS & JUD PRO § 3-1901