ryan zimmerman says his three-legged friend zelda hardly fits the label she's been branded with by maryland'sd you think to yourself, this dog is inherently dangerous? >> no. she inherently had a lot of shy issues. >> reporter: he adopted her last summer after she was found under a porch, neglected with a broken and infected leg. he's worried last week's ruling puts an unfair burden on well-intentioned dog owners like him. >> you can charge more for rent for the higher cost of insurance. and also for a lot of the pits that won't be able to be adopted, you know, a lot of them will probably be put down. >> reporter: under the ruling, not just pit bull owners, but landlords who have the dogs living on their property are now liable for their actions. the decision stem from a series of cases where individuals were violently attacked. court records state, over the last 13 years, is there have been no less than seven instances of serious maulings by pit bulls on maryland residents resulting in either serious injury or death. like the case of 10-year-old dominick solesky who narrowly survived a pit b