Case Name: Jake Butler et al., Respondents, v. Philip Brischoux et al., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1997-11-17
Citations: 244 A.D.2d 444
Docket Number: 
Parties: Jake Butler et al., Respondents, v Philip Brischoux et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 244
Pages: 444–444

Head Matter:
Jake Butler et al., Respondents, v Philip Brischoux et al., Appellants.
[664 NYS2d 128]

Opinion:
—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Orange County (Owen, J.), dated January 27, 1997, which denied their motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.
The infant plaintiff was injured when, while playing in the defendants' yard, the defendants' dog ran at him and they collided. In response to the defendants' motion for summary judgment, the plaintiffs failed to come forward with evidence establishing either the existence of a vicious propensity on the part of the dog, or the defendants' knowledge of any such vicious propensity. Consequently, the Supreme Court erred in denying the motion (see, Althoff v Lefebvre, 240 AD2d 604). Bracken, J. P., Pizzuto, Altman and Krausman, JJ., concur.