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Visiting girl bitten in home of neighbor - $125,000 Settlement (access required)

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: August 18, 2008

Mary Adkins was visiting a next door neighbor on Aug. 15, 2007, when she was attacked by the neighbor’s dog. Adkins, who was in the neighbor’s house, was 12 years old at the time of her injury. She had been around the dog on numerous occasions with no problems. The defendant had ...
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