NC court: Landlord not liable for tenants violent dog
GARY D. ROBERTSON, Associated Press
April 16, 2021
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) A landlord can t be held liable for a child s injuries caused by a dog owned by tenants because he wasn t told the animal posed a danger to visitors, the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Friday.
The court unanimously upheld lower court rulings siding with John Johnson III following a 2015 attack on a 7-year-old boy while he played with the tenants children. The boy suffered severe injuries when the dog bit his face as he walked within the radius of the dog s chain.
The N.C. Supreme Court ordered on Friday a new trial for Molly Corbett and Thomas Martens in the 2015 murder of Irish businessman Jason Corbett, saying that the two were denied a fair trial.
The decision comes about two months after the court heard oral arguments in the case via video due to the ongoing pandemic. In a 4-3 decision, the state Supreme Court upheld the decision by the N.C. Court of Appeals to overturn the murder convictions of Molly Corbett and Martens.
In the next three weeks, they will be moved from state prison to the Davidson County Jail. Their attorneys will ask a judge to set a bond affordable enough for them to be released from custody. In 2016, after they were charged with murder, they were each released on a $200,000 bond.
KILLERS Tom and Molly Martens have dramatically won a full retrial over their conviction for the murder of Irish businessman Jason Corbett (39).
The North Carolina Supreme Court today ratified a Court of Appeal decision that the father and daughter should have a new trial as it was deemed their ability to argue self defence at their 2017 trial had been unfairly hindered.
It was decided by a majority decision of four judges to three on the Supreme Court just three months after an oral hearing was granted to both the defence and prosecution teams in Raleigh.
However, one dissenting judge pointed out that the evidence against the defendants in this case was overwhelming.
THE Irish family of a murdered father of two said they have placed their faith in God and will now work to help US prosecutors convict his killers for a second time.
THE Irish family of a murdered father of two said they have placed their faith in God and will now work to help US prosecutors convict his killers for a second time.