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1. 2011 Case Law Update and Legislative Changes
2. Selected Issues in Workers' Compensation Law
3. Causal Relationship, Apportionment and the Fund
4. Ethical Obligations
5. Medical Issues and Their Role in the Complex Workers' Compensation Claim
6. Litigation Techniques for the Difficult Workers' Compensation Case

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1. 2011 CASE LAW UPDATE AND LEGISLATIVE CHANGES
   9:00 - 9:30, Stephan D. Karr
2. SELECTED ISSUES IN WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW
   9:30 - 10:30, Sarah Hardison Reisner
   1. Permanent Total Disability
   2. Permanent Partial Disability
   3. Managed Health Care Provisions
   4. Self-Insurance Update
   5. Computation of Benefits
   6. Workers' Compensation Fraud
   7. Settlement
   8. Reopenings
   9. Average Weekly Wage Considerations
3. CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP, APPORTIONMENT AND THE FUND
   10:45 - 12:00, Sarah Hardison Reisner
   1. Understanding the Fund Liability Requirements and Available Defenses
   2. Using the Fund to Your Client's Advantage
   3. Causal Relationship Considerations
   4. Apportionment of Pre-Existing or Unrelated Post-Accident Disabilities
   5. Considerations Regarding the Fund Involvement
4. ETHICAL OBLIGATIONS
   1:00 - 2:00, Stephan D. Karr and Sarah Hardison Reisner
   1. Rules of Professional Conduct
   2. Contacts With Parties, Doctors and Rehabilitation Personnel
   3. Attorneys' Fees
   4. Lawyer Liability
5. MEDICAL ISSUES AND THEIR ROLE IN THE COMPLEX WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIM
   2:15 - 3:30, Stephan D. Karr
   1. Psychiatric Injuries
   2. Occupational Stress Claims
      1. Establishing Stress Claims
      2. Proving Compensability
      3. Benefits Available for Stress Claims
      4. Injury Fund Claims
   3. Work-Related Aggravations of Pre-Existing Conditions
   4. Repetitive Motion and Related Injuries
   5. Vocational Rehabilitation
      1. Impact of Injury Upon the Worker and “Suitable Gainful Employment”
      2. Effective Tools for Dealing With Injured Workers
      3. Cost-Effective Rehabilitation
      4. The Role of Physical Therapy
6. LITIGATION TECHNIQUES FOR THE DIFFICULT WORKERS' COMPENSATION CASE
   3:30 - 4:30, Stephan D. Karr
   1. Preparation of the Injured Employee's Case
   2. Preparation of the Employer's Case
   3. Presenting Evidence in the Workers' Compensation Case
   4. Settlement Strategies
   5. ADA and the Injured Worker
   6. Family and Medical Leave Act

STEPHAN D. KARR is a member of the Nashville office of Stillman & Friedland's litigation department. Mr. Karr has litigated thousands of cases involving personal injury over the past 20 years. His skills of negotiation and arbitration and his reputation of highly successful litigation make him especially talented at maximizing settlements and jury awards. Mr. Karr is very personable and persuasive before juries and judges. These attributes make him a very well respected and successful attorney. Mr. Karr is admitted to practice in Tennessee, Maryland and the District of Columbia, and before the U.S. District Courts of Tennessee and the U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit. He earned his B.A. degree from Vanderbilt University and his J.D. degree from Nashville School of Law.

SARAH HARDISON REISNER is principle with the law firm of Manier & Herod, where she defends employers in workers' compensation cases. Ms. Reisner speaks on the Workers' Compensation Act and has assisted the firm in writing a book titled Tennessee Compensation: A Practical Guide. Ms. Reisner earned her B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Richmond and her J.D. degree from the University of Tennessee. She is a member of the Nashville, Tennessee and American bar associations; the Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association; and the Mid-South Workers' Compensation Association.

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