Keeping Current with Automobile Litigation - 2010 Update  (Video Webcast)

7.0 MCLE CREDITS
(4.0 areas of professional practice and/or practice management; 2.0 skills; 1.0 ethics)

Trying or resolving a motor vehicle case requires an understanding of the latest developments and trends in automobile tort law.

Designed to familiarize attorneys with the intricacies of automobile litigation, this seminar begins with an update and review of No-Fault, underinsured and uninsured developments.  Experienced practitioners will guide you through the process and provide practical information you can use to assist you in preparing for an automobile claim from the claim stage through discovery and trial. 

The seminar includes an overview of the latest developments in New York’s serious injury threshold, insurance coverage, time and notice requirements, use of medical experts and no-fault from both plaintiff and defense perspectives. The program also includes a segment on ethical considerations.

If you represent plaintiffs, defendants or insurers, download this program today.

Co-sponsored by the Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law Section and the Committee on Continuing Legal Education of the New York State Bar Association.

What You Will Learn:

• Understand the latest developments in automobile litigation
• Learn about New York’s Serious Injury Threshold
• Become familiar with time and notice requirements
  

Agenda

I. Update and Review of No-Fault, Underinsured and Uninsured Developments – Analysis of the Proposed Changes to the No-Fault Regulations -- Claimant’s Perspective and Defendant’s Perspective

II. New York's Serious Injury Threshold – Summary Judgment You Never Thought You Could Get

III. Use of Medical Experts and Evaluating Damages

IV. Preparing For and Conducting Depositions

V. Coverage Issues Affecting Automobile Litigation

VI. Litigating Minor Impact Soft Tissue Cases (MIST) and the Use of Biomechanical Experts

VII. Ethical Considerations in Automobile Litigation

Program Faculty

Overall Planning Chair

Robert A. Glick, Esq., Brand, Glick & Brand, PC, Garden City


Albany Speakers

Brendan F. Baynes, Esq. (Albany Program Chair), The Baynes Law Firm, Ravena
David R. Bauer, Capital Bauer Insurance Agency Inc., Albany
Robert A. Glick, Esq., Brand, Glick & Brand, PC, Garden City
James E. Hacker, Esq., Hacker & Murphy, LLP, Latham 
Mackenzie Monaco, Esq., Carter, Conboy, Case, Blackmore, Maloney & Laird, P.C.
Peter J. Moschetti, Jr., Esq., Anderson, Moschetti & Taffany, PLLC, Latham
Steven Neuwirth, Esq., Baker, Sanders, Barshay, Grossman, Fass, Muhlstock & Neuwirth

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2010 NYSBA CLE Webcast Archive

This program was recorded on March 19, 2010.

This archived webcast is a video online program that you will view and listen to on your computer screen. The program code for each topic that you write on the included MCLE Form only appears on the screen and is not announced by audio.