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· 10/20/1986

Linebaugh by and Through Linebaugh v. Hyndman

Citations

  • 516 A.2d 638
  • 213 N.J. Super. 117

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • finding a duty where the “defendants were aware of the presence of the animal on their property and its vicious propensities”
  • finding a duty where the “defendants were aware of the presence of the animal on their property and its vicious propensities”
  • “In our view, ‘[a]n abnormally [vicious] domestic animal is like an artificial [dangerous] condition on the property.’ ”
  • landlord owed a duty of reasonable care “to his tenant’s invitees to prevent injury from a vicious animal kept” in the common area with the landlord’s knowledge

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Judges Pressler, Baime and Ashbey

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