271 Ga. App. 723 - Raith v. Blanchard’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 235 Ga. App. 635 - Hamilton v. Walker · 234 Ga. App. 772 - Durham v. Mooney · 238 Ga. App. 404 - Supan v. Griffin · 246 Ga. App. 458 - Wade v. American National Insurance · 256 Ga. App. 467 - Durham v. Mason
Most-quoted passages
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“a dog owner is liable for damages only if the owner has knowledge that the dog has the propensity to do the particular act ... which caused injury to the complaining party. A plaintiff must show that the dog had the propensity to do the act and that the owner had knowledge of that propensity. Although this traditionally has been described as Georgia's "first bite rule," the rule does not literally require a first bite. Instead, the true test of liability is the owner's superior knowledge of [her] dog's temperament.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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