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Essentially, if you are admitting agency, you are taking the legal position that the person who acted did so with your authority. Think employer/employee relationship.

In order to have a case against the hospital, you would have to prove that they were negligent in some way and you would have to prove that you suffered more than nominal damages; otherwise your case would cost you more than it was worth. The fact that the pin was on the floor does not prove the hospital was negligent in and of itself. For them to be negligent you would have to show that they knew the pin was there and failed to pick it up or had acted in some other way that a reasonable person would not have. In your case it is unlikely that the hospital was negligent and even less likely that you could prove it if they were. Most likely, the pin was dropped by another patient and went unnoticed by the staff for an insignificant amount of time (like in between times when they cleaned the floor). More importantly, your case is not worth very much money as it stands. How much is a jury likely to award you based on being stuck with a pin.

You can be held liable if it can be shown that the dog was vicious; that it bit or threatened someone before or was known to be difficult to control or of a mean temperment. What were you doing with a dog in a store? I assume you have informed the attorney that you have no insurance for this. The animal control officer has no business giving you information about someone's medical condition. The Plaintiff's attorney is not offering you anything, it is just the opposite. Whatever he demands, offer him one-tenth of that amount (complain bitterly first and explain that you are in no position to pay anything). If you end up getting sued, hire your own lawyer.