an acquaintance visited our home in April- our two dogs were shut-up in our bedroom as we do not allow them to come out when we have people over because they are big and gett excited when they see new people. The acquaintance had three dogs of her own and asked us to let the dogs come out because she had no problem with it as she owned dogs. We told her our dogs can get excited and that one of them tends to bark a lot and big he is big it can be scary, she insisted that we should let the dogs out, she was ok and had dogs of her own. So my husband let the two dogs out. Sampson our rock got excited, did his barking, which he always does and the acquaintance visitor leaned in from sitting on a chair to reach out to him, he then jumped up towards her while she was in a sitting position, next thing I know as he jumped up towards her, she pushed him off and sustained a small slit to the area underneath her nose tip and the lip area due to his nail from his paw as she pushed the dog down, she also was caught on her neck (to the side) as she pushed him off. Our dog didnt really know what he had done as he was being friendly, we moved him away, and corrected him for jumping up. The cut bled for a while and obviously we were concerned and apologized for our dog jumping up on her, even though she had leaned in to pet him. The bleeding stopped and did not appear to need stiches. We asked if she wanted to go to the hospital, she declined and said, don't worry about it, it was an Accident. She remained with us after the incident for another hour and then excused herself to go home. She told us not to feel bad and that the whole thing was just an accident.

Later on that evening, we received a call from her stating that she went to the emergency hospital and had 5 stiches and that unfortunately she had to report it as a bite. I asked her why would she do that when she was not bitten and had agreed at the time of incident that the dog scratched her by accident as she pushed him off her. I asked my husband and brother in law who was present at the time and saw fully the whole thing and they both claim that our dog did not bite her. Anyway she then late asked us to put in a claim on our insurance, I said that we would be happy to pay her bill for the emergency hospital and for what she also was now claiming, a chipped tooth. She agreed, we asked her to send us the bill for the hospital visit and then sent her a check for that, we were also waiting for her to send us the dentist bill. She later claimed she did not care about the scratch to her lip but was more concerned about her chiped tooth. A few weeks later, she returned the check to us and did not cash it asking us not to contact her or have any further contact with her. Yesterday we received a letter in the mail from an attorney representing her regarding a personal injury claim and stating that the incident was a dog bite and want us to submit a claim to our homeowner's insurance. I am so disgusted, 1) because our dog did not bite her and 2) we offered to pay her bill and she returned the check and 3) she is trying to milk us for monies beyond what is reasonable for her injuries and is insisting on doing this through our home owners insurance. What should we do

Thank you