Are you up-to-date on important information that can affect your personal injury practice? This fact-packed instruction will provide you with the foundational knowledge essential to starting or staying on top of your practice. From determining lien priority to expert examination, our distinguished practitioners will take you through the latest court rulings and time-tested litigation strategies. Don't miss this opportunity to build your skills – order today!

1. Legislative, Case Law and Regulatory Trends and Developments
2. Expert Examination – Daubert, Frye and Other Challenges
3. Presentation of Evidence
4. Major Elements of Local Procedure
5. Damages
6. Medicine Records in Case Law
7. Standing on Ethical Ground
8. Insurance, Liens and Subrogation

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1. Legislative, Case Law and Regulatory Trends and Developments
   9:00 - 9:30, C. Benjamin Salango
   1. Accident Injury
   2. Products Liability – Latest Product Recalls
   3. Premises Liability
   4. Medical Malpractice
   5. Wrongful Death
2. Expert Examination – Daubert, Frye and Other Challenges
   9:30 - 10:15, C. Benjamin Salango
   1. State Requirements for Selecting and Qualifying Expert Witnesses
   2. Independent Medical Examiners
   3. Biomechanics Experts
   4. Vocational Specialists
   5. Accident Reconstructionists
3. Presentation of Evidence
   10:30 - 11:00, C. Benjamin Salango
   1. Use of Charts and Diagrams
   2. Use of Medical Texts and Videotapes
   3. Use of PowerPoint Presentations
4. Major Elements of Local Procedure
   11:00 - 11:45, Natalie C. Schaefer
   1. Discovery
   2. Pre-Trial Motions and Pleadings
   3. Settlement Procedure
   4. Post-Trial Motions
   5. Useful Sample Forms
5. Damages
   12:45 - 1:30, Natalie C. Schaefer
   1. Compensatory
   2. Medical Bills
   3. Lost Wages
   4. Loss of Consortium
   5. Pain and Suffering
6. Medical Records in Case Law
   1:30 - 2:30, Natalie C. Schaefer
   1. Obtaining
      1. By Authorizations, Subpoenas
      2. Substance
      3. Scope of What's Discoverable
   2. Analyzing
   3. Using Them in Motions, Depositions and at Trial
   4. Admissibility and Confidentiality Issues
   5. Keeping Up with the Latest News of Medical Science
      1. How to Keep Up with the New Procedures, Drugs, Regulations, Recalls
      2. Useful General Medical Reference Resources
      3. New Trend of Defensive Medicine
7. Standing on Ethical Ground
   2:45 - 3:45, Peter H. Wayne
   1. Rules of Professional Conduct
   2. The Tripartite Relationship Among Insured, Insurer and Counsel
   3. Conflicts of Interest
   4. Attorneys' Fees and Charges
   5. Dealing with the “Excess Claim”
8. Insurance, Liens and Subrogation
   3:45 - 4:30, Peter H. Wayne
   1. Tortfeasor's Coverage: Determining Coverage, Excess Coverage, Other “Deep Pockets” (e.g. Respondeat Superior)
   2. Colossus
   3. Medicaid/Medicare Liens
   4. Hospital Liens
   5. Workers' Compensation Liens
   6. Determining Priority and Negotiating the Value of Liens

C. BENJAMIN SALANGO is a member of Preston & Salango, PLLC, where he concentrates his practice in personal injury litigation. He has tried nearly 50 civil jury trials to verdict in areas such as medical malpractice, automobile and trucking accidents, pharmaceutical negligence, and wrongful discharge. Mr. Salango has also argued a number of cases before the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. In addition to community service, Mr. Salango frequently represents indigent clients in important cases free of charge. He earned his B.A. and J. D. degrees from West Virginia University.

NATALIE C. SCHAEFER is an attorney with Shuman, McCuskey & Slicer PLLC, where her practice has focused primarily on representing companies and government agencies in cases involving catastrophic loss, wrongful death and employment litigation. Ms. Schaefer also practices energy litigation in cases involving accident investigation and safety compliance. Her published works include, "The Unusual Suspects: Unlikely Players in the Product Liability Arena," Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia and "Administrative Preclusion: Litigation Ammunition?" Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia. An Order of the Coif and Order of Barristers graduate from the West Virginia College of Law, Ms. Schaefer was the 2002 Lugar Trial Association Invitational competition winner and also served as an executive board member of the West Virginia University Law Review. She is currently a member of the Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia, the Defense Research Institute (Product Liability, Insurance Law and Trial Tactics committees) and The West Virginia Bar Association. Ms. Schaefer earned her B.A. degree from West Virginia University and her J.D. degree from West Virginia University College of Law.

PETER H. WAYNE is an attorney with Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, LLP. His main areas of practice are special needs trusts, government benefits preservation and settlement, and traditional estate planning. Mr. Wayne also works with the firm's Health Care Service Team on issues relating to Medicare and Medicaid compliance. He assists clients in handling qualified settlement funds, lien resolution, probate coordination and Medicare and Medicaid preservation and compliance issues. Mr. Wayne also is the author of several articles that concentrate on qualified settlement funds and health-lien subrogation, a few of which have been published in AAJ's TRIAL Magazine , KJS's The Advocate , and the Journal of Taxation and Regulation of Financial Institutions . Additionally, Mr. Wayne often speaks at seminars for National Business Institute, Kentucky Justice and Louisville bar associations. He is a member of the Kentucky Bar Association, the Louisville Bar Association ( former board member and section chair), the Kentucky Association for Justice, the National Academy of elder Law Attorneys and The Legal Aid Society's Justice for All Campaign. He earned his B.S. degree from Miami (of Ohio) University and his J.D. degree from the Salmon P. Chase College of Law.

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