Faced with a gruesome attack and lacking a strict liability statute to apply to the landlord, whose tenants’ dogs were responsible for the attack, the highest court in Maryland determined that the matter could be dealt with by changing the common law. Thus, there is now common law specific to pit bulls. In Tracey v. Solesky, 2012 WL 1432263 (Md. 2012), the Maryland Court of Appeals held, three justices dissenting, that harboring a pit bull was an inherently dangerous activity for which the landlord (Tracey) could be held strictly liable. ...
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Monday, May 14, 2012
Children of Anubis
In Oklahoma City there is a memorial to those who died on April 19, 1995. On the south side of the park are the remains of the entrance plaza to the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building destroyed by the explosion. In the center of the park is a long rectangular pool, beside which is a lawn with 168 glass and bronze sculptured chairs representing the people who died there that day. Visiting...
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Some Bills before Congress Will Help Dogs, Some Will Help National Security, but Some Seem Designed to Help Special Interests
One should periodically review what Congress is up to with regard to one’s interests, and even though many proposals regarding dogs are going nowhere, either because it is an election year or because some ideas are poorly conceived or drafted, certain trends can be detected. The strongest trend evident in current proposals regarding dogs is a willingness of Congress to hand over responsibility for canine issues to private contractors and organizations. Sometimes this is evident on the face of the legislation, but sometimes one must...
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