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Cohen v. Kretzschmar

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jun 20, 2006
30 A.D.3d 555 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)

Opinion

2004-07573, 2004-08259.

June 20, 2006.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from (1) an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Murphy, J.), entered August 11, 2004, which granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and (2) a judgment of the same court dated August 20, 2004, which, upon the order, dismissed the complaint.

Adelaide Cohen, Rye, N.Y., appellant pro se.

Mead, Hecht, Conklin Gallagher, LLP, Mamaroneck, N.Y. (Elizabeth M. Hecht of counsel), for respondents.

Before: Miller, J.P., Ritter, Goldstein and Lunn, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the appeal from the order is dismissed; and it is further,

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed; and it is further,

Ordered that one bill of costs is awarded to the defendants.

The appeal from the intermediate order must be dismissed because the right of direct appeal therefrom terminated with the entry of judgment in the action ( see Matter of Aho, 39 NY2d 241, 248). The issues raised on appeal from the order are brought up for review and have been considered on the appeal from the judgment ( see CPLR 5501 [a] [1]).

The defendants established their entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by demonstrating that their dog did not have a propensity to jump up on people and that they did not have prior notice of any such propensity ( see Slacin v. Aquafredda, 2 AD3d 624; Althoff v. Lefebvre, 240 AD2d 604; see also Bard v. Jahnke, 6 NY3d 592). Moreover, the defendants demonstrated that they were not negligent in the manner in which they handled their dog at the time of the alleged accident ( cf. Clifford v. Turkel, 7 AD3d 251; Goldberg v. LoRusso, 288 AD2d 257). In opposition, the plaintiff failed to submit evidence sufficient to raise a triable issue of fact.


Summaries of

Cohen v. Kretzschmar

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jun 20, 2006
30 A.D.3d 555 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)
Case details for

Cohen v. Kretzschmar

Case Details

Full title:ADELAIDE COHEN, Appellant, v. DANIEL KRETZSCHMAR et al., Respondents

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Jun 20, 2006

Citations

30 A.D.3d 555 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)
2006 N.Y. Slip Op. 4981
817 N.Y.S.2d 148

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