# Priebe v. Nelson

Canonical: https://californiapersonalinjurylaws.com/cases/priebe/

Supreme Court of California, 2006. 39 Cal.4th 1112, slip op., pp. 1–4.

Reviewed by Andrew (Andy) R. Gillin; publisher reported approval 2026-11-04. The original review date was not supplied.

## Case background

A worker at a kennel was bitten by a dog boarded there. She sought to hold the dog’s owner liable under the dog-bite statute.

## Question before the court

How did the worker’s job and its risks affect her statutory bite claim?

## What the court decided

The court applied the work-risk rule to that statutory claim. It also explained that other claims involving a known dangerous trait could raise different issues.

## Limits

This is a rule for a special work setting. It does not defeat every claim after a dog bite.

## Opinion

https://law.justia.com/cases/california/supreme-court/2006/s126412.html