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Historically, the
so-called Adeep
pocket@in
the catastrophic injury automobile negligence case in New
York was the title-owner
of the vehicle. Unless the title-owner had
inadequate insurance coverage, few New
York attorneys ever gave a
second thought to the potential product liability theories in their
automobile cases.
Given the recent
changes in NY law to protect title-owners, practitioners must now take a
fresh look at the potential for suing (and defending) product
manufacturers in automobile cases involving monumental
injuries. Automobile crashworthiness
litigation will inevitably become more of a consideration in
New York auto
cases in the coming years and both plaintiff and defense counsel must be
acquainted with this area of litigation to properly advise their
clients. This program has been designed to
give attorneys an introduction to the various issues that typically
arise in the litigation of auto crashworthiness product liability
cases. The panelists for this program are
all excellent, experienced attorneys with local and national automobile
product liability practices.
Program
Contents
· Lack of Electronic Stability Control and Defective Air
Bags
· Defective Seat Belts and Post-Collision Fuel-Fed
Fires
· Passenger Vans and Inadequate Crashworthiness
· The Seat Belt Defense
· Federal Pre-emption
· Daubert/Frye
· Evidentiary Issues
Program Speakers
Terrence E. McCartney, Esq., Overall Planning Chair
Rheingold, Valet,
Rheingold,
Shkolnik & McCartney LLP
—New York
City
David M. Covey,
Esq.
Sedgwick, Detert, Moran &
Arnold LLP
—New York
City
Jay W. Dankner,
Esq.
Dankner & Milstein, PC
—New York
City
Samuel Goldblatt,
Esq.
Nixon Peabody LLP
—Buffalo
Barbara A.
Lukeman, Esq.
Nixon Peabody LLP
—Jericho
Simcha D.
Schonfeld, Esq.
Rheingold, Valet, Rheingold,
Shkolnik & McCartney LLP
—New York
City
Harold L. Schwab,
Esq.
Lester Schwab Katz & Dwyer,
LLP
—New York
City
Donald H.
Slavik, Esq.
Habush, Habush & Rottier, S.C.
—Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
Total
MCLE Credits......
7.0
Ethics
MCLE Credits.....
0.0
* Each additional person who uses the
tapes for MCLE credit must purchase a copy of the “MCLE
coursebook.”
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