Vendrella v. Astriab Family Ltd. Partnership

Summary

The concurrence agrees that an owner of a domestic animal may have a duty to take reasonable steps to prevent foreseeable injuries arising from characteristics naturally associated with the animal's species or breed. It disagrees that the natural propensity of horses to nip and bite should be submitted to the jury, asserting that the trial court should take judicial notice of that common-knowledge fact and submit only the defendants' reasonable precautions to the jury. The concurrence therefore agrees with the judgment but advocates a narrower treatment of the factual issue.