Case Name: Cheryl A. Hayes, Respondent, v. Mia's Bathhouse for Pets et al., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2017-10-16
Citations: 57 Misc. 3d 78
Docket Number: 
Parties: Cheryl A. Hayes, Respondent, v Mia’s Bathhouse for Pets et al., Appellants.
Judges: Schoenfeld, J.P., Ling-Cohan and González, JJ., concur.
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 57
Pages: 78–79

Head Matter:
[65 NYS3d 621]
Cheryl A. Hayes, Respondent, v Mia’s Bathhouse for Pets et al., Appellants.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
October 16, 2017
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Bailey & Bailey, LLC, Springfield Gardens (Lamont R. Bailey of counsel), for appellants.
Cheryl A. Hayes, respondent pro se.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Per Curiam.
Judgment, entered on or about November 10, 2015, affirmed, without costs.
The trial court achieved "substantial justice" consistent with substantive law principles (CCA 1807; Williams v Roper, 269 AD2d 125 [2000], lv dismissed 95 NY2d 898 [2000]) in resolving the liability aspect of this small claims action in plaintiff's favor. The evidence permits a finding that, while plaintiff dog groomer may have assumed the risk of being bitten by a dog while performing her services, she did not assume the concealed or unreasonably increased risk (see Benitez v New York City Bd. of Educ., 73 NY2d 650, 658 [1989]) of defendant store owners' negligent failure to screen for proper immunization paper work prior to offering plaintiff a dog for grooming, in violation of defendants' express promise to plaintiff (see generally Roe v Keane Stud Farm, 261 AD2d 800 [1999]). After being bitten by a dog, plaintiff was properly awarded damages for the associated treatment of a documented infection caused by defendants' own negligence in providing a dog to her that was not screened and did not receive proper immunizations, and for pain and suffering incurred because of the medical treatment.
Schoenfeld, J.P., Ling-Cohan and González, JJ., concur.