context: Although we have located no cases exactly on point, we do note that our conclusion is consistent with the conclusions reached in several similar cases.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 528 N.E.2d 1104, 1106
citation_a.parenthetical: owner and operator of dog boarding and grooming business barred from bringing action against dog's legal owner because plaintiff was an "owner" under Illinois dog-bite statute and therefore could not recover given her own failure to control dog
citation_a.sentence: See Tschida v. Berdusco, 462 N.W.2d 410 (Minn. Ct. App. 1990) (recognizing that legal owner and keeper/owner both could be liable under Minnesota dog-bite statute but dismissing strict-liability claim of veterinarian's employee because there was no negligence by the legal owner); Wilcoxen v. Paige, 528 N.E.2d 1104, 1106 (Ill. Ct. App. 1988) (owner and operator of dog boarding and grooming business barred from bringing action against dog's legal owner because plaintiff was an "owner" under Illinois dog-bite statute and therefore could not recover given her own failure to control dog); Wendland v. Akers, 356 So.2d 368, 371 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1978) (veterinarian assistant's strict-liability claim against dog's legal owners dismissed because of absence of active negligence by legal owners); see also Collins v. Kenealy, 492 N.W.2d 679, 680-682 (Iowa 1992) (refusing to apply Tschida, Wilcoxen and Wendland because groomer not an "owner" under state strict-liability dog-bite statute that "has always placed responsibility only on the legal owner" (emphasis added)).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 492 N.W.2d 679, 680-682
citation_b.parenthetical: refusing to apply Tschida, Wilcoxen and Wendland because groomer not an "owner" under state strict-liability dog-bite statute that "has always placed responsibility only on the legal owner" (emphasis added
citation_b.sentence: See Tschida v. Berdusco, 462 N.W.2d 410 (Minn. Ct. App. 1990) (recognizing that legal owner and keeper/owner both could be liable under Minnesota dog-bite statute but dismissing strict-liability claim of veterinarian's employee because there was no negligence by the legal owner); Wilcoxen v. Paige, 528 N.E.2d 1104, 1106 (Ill. Ct. App. 1988) (owner and operator of dog boarding and grooming business barred from bringing action against dog's legal owner because plaintiff was an "owner" under Illinois dog-bite statute and therefore could not recover given her own failure to control dog); Wendland v. Akers, 356 So.2d 368, 371 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1978) (veterinarian assistant's strict-liability claim against dog's legal owners dismissed because of absence of active negligence by legal owners); see also Collins v. Kenealy, 492 N.W.2d 679, 680-682 (Iowa 1992) (refusing to apply Tschida, Wilcoxen and Wendland because groomer not an "owner" under state strict-liability dog-bite statute that "has always placed responsibility only on the legal owner" (emphasis added)).