Smith and Roberson’s Business Law
17th Edition
ISBN: 9781337094757
Author: Richard A. Mann, Barry S. Roberts
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 8, Problem 17CP
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Person W’s dog was bitten a two year old child DA . The child faced lot of injuries facial cuts, muscle in his eye, terrifying over his forehead etc. Therefore, his father person D filed a complaint against person W demanding that as proprietor person W is answerable for his dog actions. Person W had not received any complaints earlier about the dog. The dog was not ever nibbled anybody and not violent.
To discuss: Whether person W is liable.
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