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337 So. 2d 416

Paskel v. Higgins

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided September 24, 1976

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1976-09-24

Relies on Williams v. State · 312 So. 2d 752 - Sand v. Gold

Decided 1976-09-24

SCHWARTZ, ALAN R., Associate Judge.

¶1The defendant-dog owner appeals from a partial summary judgment on the issue of liability entered against him in a dog-bite case brought under the provisions of Fla. Stat., Sec. 767.04. While, on the authority of Sand v. Gold, 301 So.2d 828 (3 DCA Fla.1974), cert. den., 312 So.2d 752 (Fla.1975), we hold that the 6-year-old plaintiff was conclusively shown not to have “mischievously . . . provoke[d] or aggravate[d] . . . ” the dog in question, we have concluded that plaintiffs-appellees did not meet this burden, of course necessary to sustain a summary judgment, to establish that the child was on the defendants’ premises, where the bite occurred, “. upon invitation, expressed or implied, of the owner thereof . . . .” Since recovery under Fla.Stat., Sec. 767.04 requires such a showing, we reverse for a trial on this liability issue and, if appropriate, on that of damages.

¶2AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED in part, with directions.

DOWNEY, J., and MORROW, RUSSELL 0., Associate Judge, concur.
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