Dorothy M. TRACEY
v.
Anthony K. SOLESKY and Irene Solesky, as the Parents, Guardians and Next Friends of Dominic Solesky, a Minor.
Court of Appeals of Maryland.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
April 26, 2012.
As Amended on Reconsideration August 21, 2012.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Richard E. Schimel (Budow and Noble, P.C., Bethesda, MD), on brief, for Petitioner/Cross-Respondent.
Clifford A. Robinson (H. Barritt Peterson, Jr. & Associates, Towson, MD), on brief, for Petitioner/Cross-Respondents.
Kevin A. Dunne (Matthew T. Vocci of Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondents/Cross-Petitioners.
Debora M. Bresch, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae brief of American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Support of Appellant.
Don Bauermeister, Council Bluffs, IA, for Amicus Curiae brief of Dogsbite.Org in Support of Appellees.
Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, GREENE, ADKINS, BARBERA, ALAN M. WILNER (Retired, Specially Assigned), and DALE R. CATHELL, (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.
Court of Appeals of Maryland.
DALE R. CATHELL, (Retired, Specially Assigned), J.
In Maryland the vicious mauling of young children by pit bulls occurred as early as 1916.1Bachman v. Clark, 128 Md. 245, 97 A. 440 (1916). In that case, a ten-year-old boy, John L. Clark, was playing on the north side of a street when a pit bull ("bull terrier") came across the street from its owner's property and attacked him, inflicting serious injuries. The pit bull refused...
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