A nine-year old child is attacked by a dog while walking home from school. She manages...

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A nine-year old child is attacked by a dog while walking home from school. She manages to get away from the dog and runs 1 mile home to tell her parents. She tells her parents that "The big brown dog on the corner attacked me." At the civil action by the parents on behalf of the child against the owners of the dog, the dog's owner seeks to prevent the parent from testifying as to what her daughter told her on the grounds that it is hearsay. Is the statement hearsay? What is the best argument under the rules of evidence for getting the testimony admitted? A nine-year old child is attacked by a dog while walking home from school. She manages to get away from the dog and runs 1 mile home to tell her parents. She tells her parents that "The big brown dog on the corner attacked me." At the civil action by the parents on behalf of the child against the owners of the dog, the dog's owner seeks to prevent the parent from testifying as to what her daughter told her on the grounds that it is hearsay. Is the statement hearsay? What is the best argument under the rules of evidence for getting the testimony admitted?

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