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Provided by: Lorman Education Services Maritime Personal Injury |
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8:30 am - 9:00 am Registration
9:00 am - 10:00 am Maritime Personal Injury Causes of Action
- Robert M. Kraft
- Claims by Crew and Maritime Workers
- Basic Maintenance and Cure
10:00 am - 11:00 am Frequently Overlooked Aspects of Maintenance and Cure, Including Unearned Wages Due Following Injury
- John Merriam
- Maintenance
- Cure
- Unearned Wages
11:00 am - 11:15 am Break
11:15 am - 12:15 pm Passenger Personal Injury Claims
- Patrick G. Middleton
- Definition of a Passenger and the Significance
- Standard of Care
- Important Contractual Terms
- Enforcement of the Contract
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm Lunch (On Your Own)
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Electronic Discovery in Maritime Personal Injury Litigation
- Shane Carew
- Sources of Electronic Data Specifically for Maritime Cases
- Metadata Issues
- Initial Disclosures
- Ensuring Client Compliance
- Spoliation of Electronic Evidence
- Preserving Electronic Evidence
- Review of Recent Decisions on Electronic Discovery
2:15 pm - 3:00 pm Longshore Claims
- Richard A. Nielsen
- General Outline of System, Remedies, Jurisdiction and Coverage
- More Detailed Discussion of Complexities, and Important Issues and Considerations
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm Break
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm Strategies for Simultaneous Claims in Multiple Jurisdictions
- Richard A. Nielsen
- Whose Interests Matter Most?
- When, If at All, Must Claimants Decide?
- How Can an Employer Avoid Funding, With Comp, Its Worker's Tort Claim Against It?
- What Insurance Policies Respond to What?
- Issues and Strategies With Settlements in Such Claims
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Ethics in Maintenance and Cure Claims
- John Merriam
