Johnson v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “The historical incidence of our dog-bite statutes was briefly sketched in Dykes v. Alexander, Ky., 411 S.W.2d 47 (1967), which expressed the opinion that the legislature did not intend to impose strict liability under any and all circumstances. That case stands for the proposition that one who keeps a dog enclosed or fettered on his own premises will not be liable to an interloper whose presence and exposure to the dog he has no reason to anticipate. Conversely, however, if the person is one whose proximity to the animal he has reason to anticipate, we think the statute abrogates the necessity of proving the ancient hallmark of liability, which was that the owner or keeper had knowledge of its vicious propensities. If the statute did not do that much there would seem to have been very little or no reason for its enactment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Carmical v. Bullock