Claim brought by worst holiday dinner guest ever is dismissed.

A dinner guest’s lawsuit for failure to warn of a dangerous condition was dismissed. The plaintiff alleged that she tripped over the host’s sleeping dog while carrying a wine glass. The wine glass broke, and her finger was imbedded with glass. The plaintiff’s theory of liability was that the arrangement of the chairs, the crowd, and the wall of the doorway obscured the dog from her view and that the defendants knew that the dog, which was sleeping in the hall in front of the doorway, posed a tripping hazard. The court found that the dog was not hidden from view, the plaintiff knew the dog was in the house, and the injuries were not caused by the dog’s actions. The court found a sleeping dog is not an unreasonable risk.

_{Case Law Alerts, 4th Quarter, October 2017 Case Law Alerts is prepared by Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin to provide information on recent developments of interest to our readers. This publication is not intended to provide legal advice for a specific situation or to create an attorney-client relationship. Copyright © 2017 Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, all rights reserved. This article may not be reprinted without the express written permission of our firm.}