Batra v. Clark

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• holding that for a duty to third parties to arise, an out- of-possession landlord must have (1) the ability to control the premises, and (2) actual knowledge of an animal’s dangerous propensities and presence on the leased premises
• actual knowledge of dog’s presence on property did not establish out-of-possession landlord had “actual knowledge of the dog’s vicious propensities”
• out-of-possession landlord must “actually kn[o]w that the particular dog that attacked [third party] had vicious propensities” (emphasis added)
• “[I]f a landlord has actual knowledge of an animal’s dangerous propensities and presence on the leased property, and has the ability to control the premises, he owes a duty of ordinary care to third parties who are injured by this animal.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).