Case Name: Elizabeth O'Brien et al., Appellants, v. Agnes Bolton, Respondent, et al., Defendant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2000-07-18
Citations: 185 Misc. 2d 814
Docket Number: 
Parties: Elizabeth O’Brien et al., Appellants, v Agnes Bolton, Respondent, et al., Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 185
Pages: 814–815

Head Matter:
[714 NYS2d 413]
Elizabeth O’Brien et al., Appellants, v Agnes Bolton, Respondent, et al., Defendant.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, Second Department,
July 18, 2000
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Donna H. Clancey, Brooklyn (George R. Zarou and Helen Zarouhliotis of counsel), for appellants. Marshall, Conway & Wright, P. C., New York City (Joseph J. Andriola of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
Order modified by denying defendant Agnes Bolton's motion for summary judgment and remanding the matter to the court below for all further proceedings and, as so modified, affirmed without costs.
The plaintiffs, husband and wife, brought this action to recover for injuries allegedly sustained when a dog harbored by defendant Agnes Bolton jumped up on a table and caused a lamp to fall upon plaintiff Elizabeth O'Brien. The plaintiffs adduced evidence, which, if credited, established that the dog had previously jumped on a person present at the time and had otherwise behaved erratically before the injury. This was sufficient to raise a factual issue as to whether the injury was foreseeable, thereby requiring defendant to take measures to prevent its occurrence (see, Stoop v Kurtz, 121 AD2d 529; see also, Lagoda v Dorr, 28 AD2d 208; cf., Kennet v Sossnitz, 260 App Div 759, affd 286 NY 623).