<p><b>PRIEBE v. NELSON</b></p> <br /> <p><b> </b></p> <br /> <h2>Filed 8/28/06</h2> <br /> <p align="center"> </p> <br /> <p align="center"> </p> <br /> <p align="center"> </p> <br /> <p align="center"><b>IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA</b></p> <br /> <p align="center"> </p> <br /> <p align="center"> </p> <br /> <p align="center"> </p> <br /> <p><a name="plaintiff"></a>MARTA PRIEBE, )</p> <br /> <p> )</p> <br /> <p> <a name="LD"></a>Plaintiff and Appellant, )</p> <br /> <p> ) S<a name="casenum"></a>126412</p> <br /> <p> v. )</p> <br /> <p> ) <a name="appealnum"></a>Ct.App. 1/4 A101630</p> <br /> <p><a name="defendant"></a>RUSSELL NELSON, )</p> <br /> <p> ) <a name="county"></a>Humboldt County</p> <br /> <p> <a name="VD"></a>Defendant and Appellant. ) <a name="supernum"></a>Super. Ct. No. DR010121</p> <br /> <p>__________________________________ )<u></u></p> <br /> <p><a name="justice"></a><a name="mainstory"></a>Plaintiff Marta Priebe, a commercial kennel worker, brought this action against defendant Russell Nelson for <a href="http://www.sandiegohealthdirectory.com/">personal injuries</a> suffered when she was bitten and seriously injured by Nelson's dog while it was boarded at the kennel that employed her. Priebe appealed from the trial court's order denying her <a href="http://www.fearnotlaw.com/">motion for judgment</a> notwithstanding the defense verdict, arguing a directed verdict should have been entered in her favor on her <a href="http://www.mcmillanlaw.us/">strict liability claim</a> brought under Civil Code section 3342 (section 3342), commonly referred to as the â€