Faced with defense counsel offering just $20,000 for her client injured in a dog attack, plaintiffs counsel Hailey Rice knew her best weapon in upping the settlement was her own client.

“The defense deposed my client for two hours, and she give her firsthand testimony of what happened, really adding color to the nature of her claim,” said Rice of Glastonbury-based Connecticut Trial Firm. “Her words on what happened had a really big effect. She was credible, and she told of running in her own neighborhood when the dog came out of nowhere and attacked her.”

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