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DOUGLAS A. CRAWFORD is a partner in the Indianapolis law firm of Benkie & Crawford, where he practices in the areas of plaintiff's personal injury, including wrongful death, employment litigation and medical malpractice. Mr. Crawford has spoken previously on premises liability issues and has lectured on employment law and church liability issues. He earned his B.A. degree from Indiana University, Bloomington, and his J.D. degree from Valparaiso University School of Law. Mr. Crawford is a member of the Indiana State Bar Association, the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association and the American Association for Justice. DAVID G. CURRY is the vice president of human performance sciences and technology for ITC Expert Services, a multi-disciplinary engineering and technical services consulting firm headquartered in Sugar Grove, Illinois. ITC specializes in failure analysis, accident investigation and reconstruction services, as well as design and development consulting for industry and governmental organizations. He holds multiple graduate degrees in the fields of psychology, engineering and business; is the author of over 40 papers in the field of human factors and applied human performance; and has been awarded four U.S. patents. Mr. Curry is a Certified Human Factors Professional, Certified Safety Professional, and a Professional Member of the American Society of Safety Engineers, with more than 25 years experience in the design, development, and evaluation of user interaction with products and machinery. He is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers' Safety and Human Factors Committee, the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, and the Association for Psychological Science, and sits on numerous SAE, ANSI, and ASTM standards-making committees. DANIEL J. PAUL is an attorney in the Greenwood law firm of Williams Barrett & Wilkowski, LLP. Mr. Paul's civil litigation practice includes personal injury, commercial litigation and domestic law. He is a member of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, the Indianapolis Bar Association and the Johnson County Bar Association. Mr. Paul earned his B.A. degree from Franklin College and his J.D. degree from Indiana University School of Law. DORIS L. SWEETIN is managing principal with the Indianapolis law firm of Sweetin Bleeke, P.C. Ms. Sweetin concentrates her practice in general liability insurance defense, workers' compensation defense, business and corporate law, and construction law. She is an industry speaker and noted author. Listed as a Top Executive according to portfolio.com, Ms. Sweetin is driven by best practices and emerging thinking relevant to customer service. She is licensed in Indiana and Ohio, where she is a registered civil mediator. Ms. Sweetin graduated, cum laude, from Wichita State University and The University of Cincinnati College of Law. She is a member of: Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana (Board of Directors, Board of Editors of the Indiana Civil Litigation Review); the Defense Research Institute (Trial Tactics Committee Membership chair and seminar co-chair); the Indiana State Bar Association; and Continental Who's Who. Ms. Sweetin has been the featured speaker and lecturer at "Worker's Compensation: A Comprehensive Overview" (June 2008); "Premises Liability Case Preparation and Trial" (April 2008); "Snow and Ice Liability" (December 2007); "Worker's Compensation Claims Handling in Indiana" (November 2007); "The Advanced Worker's Compensation Institute" (September 2007); "Provider Fee Disputes in Indiana" (May 2007); "Growing Hazard of Mold Litigation" (November 2006); "Indiana Premises Law" (May 2006, December 2000 and July 2002); "Construction Law Seminar" (February 2004); "Trucking Law in Indiana" (September 2003); and "Americans with Disability Association Consumer Advisory Commission" (June 1998). She wrote "Future Medical Expenses under Evidence Rule 413: Admissible or Hearsay," 1 Ind. Civ. Lit. Rev. (Spring 2004). Ms. Sweetin has argued before the Court of Appeals in Ohio, as well as before the Supreme Court of Indiana. She is admitted to the Ohio and Indiana Bars, the Federal District Courts of both Ohio and Indiana, and the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.
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