Victoria Lopez, of our Ft. Lauderdale office, prevailed in arbitration on a dog-bite case involving severe facial injuries. Victoria successfully established that Defendant, a hotel, 1) had a reasonable belief they needed to permit its night manager to have the dog on premises, and 2) was not aware of any dangerous propensities as to the dog, and the arbitrator agreed. Immediately after receiving the verdict, Plaintiff’s attorney filed a proposal for settlement for well within the authority we had offered at mediation a year prior.