Williams v. Buchner

Citations

• 217 N.E.3d 33
• 2023 Ohio 1293

Syllabus

R.C. 955.28(B) strict liability statutory claim dog owner landlord duplex home harborer out of possession common area shared areas outside yard possession and control sidewalk personal injuries. Affirmed granting summary judgment in favor of the defendant owner of a duplex property on a strict-liability statutory claim under R.C. 955.28(B) for personal injuries allegedly caused by a tenant's dog while plaintiff was walking along a public sidewalk. The out-of-possession landlord/owner could not be found to be a harborer of the dog under R.C. 955.28(B) when the tenants had shared possession and control of the yard and there was no evidence that the landlord had retained possession and control of the premises or any common areas or shared areas outside of the house.