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Answer Bar: Taking on the Car Crash Client

Contains material from Oct 2023 to Oct 2025
Answer Bar: Taking on the Car Crash Client
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Session 1: What’s New in UM/UIM Law: Case Law, Strategy, and Pitfalls - This presentation addresses recent cases impacting UM/UIM cases, as well as strategies and tips for prosecuting and for defending uninsured and under-insured motorist claims and bad faith litigation.

Session 2: Low Property Damage Cases - Prosecuting and defending personal injury cases with minor property damage can present challenges. Hear about the experiences and strategies from the plaintiff and defense perspectives.  

Session 3: Commercial Vehicle Accidents 101 - Learn about commercial vehicle litigation from the plaintiff and defense perspective. The presentation includes litigation involving tractor-trailers, commercial vehicles, and commercial buses.  

Session 4: Subrogation and Liens: Medicare, Medicaid and Hospitals - Does Medicare require a set aside? Does Medicaid get the child's recovery? Are you familiar with hospital lien legislation in 2019 and 2021 and whether a freestanding ER can file a lien? If you don't know the answers to these questions, come learn these issues and more!

Session 05: Pre-Suit Negotiation Strategies: Working with your Adjuster - Learn how to ensure you have properly prepared your adjuster, and the insurance company, to get the case settled for your client before mediation or negotiations.

Session 06: Recurring Ethics Issues in Car Crash Cases - This session discusses recurring ethics issues in car crash cases affecting attorneys representing plaintiffs and defendants.

Session 07: Serving Two Masters: The Ins and Outs of the Tripartite Relationship - Hear an analysis of the relationship between the insured, insurer, and attorney, conflicts that arise in the relationship, Tilley and subsequent case law, and the ethical dilemmas in knowing who you really represent.

Session 08: Recent Changes to the Advertising and Solicitation Rules: The Highlights - Comprehensive changes to the Texas Disciplinary Rules governing advertisements and solicitations became effective in 2021. This presentation highlights some of the most notable changes.

Includes: Video Captions Audio Transcript Paper Slides

  • Total Credit Hours:
  • 5.50 | 2.50 ethics
  • Credit Info
  • TX, CA, PA
  • TX MCLE credit expires: 4/30/2027
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Sessions

Credit
1. What’s New in UM/UIM Law: Case Law, Strategy, and Pitfalls (Oct 2025)

Thomas Crosley, Shawn Mechler

0.50 0.25 0.00 0.50 | 0.25 ethics
Downloadable Materials
Transcript (txt)
Paper (pdf) – 14 pgs
Slides (pdf) – 26 pgs

Session 1 —35 mins 0.50 | 0.25 ethics

What’s New in UM/UIM Law: Case Law, Strategy, and Pitfalls (Oct 2025)

This presentation addresses recent cases impacting UM/UIM cases, as well as strategies and tips for prosecuting and for defending uninsured and under-insured motorist claims and bad faith litigation.

Originally presented: Aug 2025 The Car Crash Seminar

Thomas Crosley, Crosley Law - San Antonio, TX
Shawn Mechler, Crosley Law - San Antonio, TX

2. Low Property Damage Cases (Oct 2025)

Brian L. Mincher

0.75 0.00 0.00 0.75
Downloadable Materials
Transcript (txt)
Paper (pdf) – 11 pgs
Slides (pdf) – 7 pgs

Session 2 —42 mins 0.75

Low Property Damage Cases (Oct 2025)

Prosecuting and defending personal injury cases with minor property damage can present challenges. Hear about the experiences and strategies from the plaintiff and defense perspectives.

Originally presented: Aug 2025 The Car Crash Seminar

Brian L. Mincher, Burress Law PLLC - McKinney, TX

3. Commercial Vehicle Accidents 101 (Oct 2025)

Shelly Tomlin Greco, Jennifer Mauer Lee

1.00 0.00 0.00 1.00
Downloadable Materials
Transcript (txt)
Paper (pdf) – 20 pgs
Slides (pdf) – 8 pgs

Session 3 —61 mins 1.00

Commercial Vehicle Accidents 101 (Oct 2025)

Learn about commercial vehicle litigation from the plaintiff and defense perspective. The presentation includes litigation involving tractor-trailers, commercial vehicles, and commercial buses.

Originally presented: Aug 2025 The Car Crash Seminar

Shelly Tomlin Greco, Dallas, TX
Jennifer Mauer Lee, Fee Smith & Sharp, LLP - Dallas, TX

4. Subrogation and Liens: Medicare, Medicaid and Hospitals (Oct 2025)

Judy Kostura

0.75 0.50 0.00 0.75 | 0.50 ethics
Downloadable Materials
Transcript (txt)
Paper (pdf) – 307 pgs
Slides (pdf) – 32 pgs

Session 4 —44 mins 0.75 | 0.50 ethics

Subrogation and Liens: Medicare, Medicaid and Hospitals (Oct 2025)

Does Medicare require a set aside? Does Medicaid get the child's recovery? Are you familiar with hospital lien legislation in 2019 and 2021 and whether a freestanding ER can file a lien? If you don't know the answers to these questions, come learn these issues and more!

Originally presented: Aug 2025 The Car Crash Seminar

Judy Kostura, Sorrels Law - Austin, TX

5. Pre-Suit Negotiation Strategies: Working with your Adjuster (Oct 2024)

Jennifer Mauer Lee

0.75 0.00 0.00 0.75
Downloadable Materials
Transcript (txt)
Slides (pdf) – 8 pgs

Session 5 —38 mins 0.75

Pre-Suit Negotiation Strategies: Working with your Adjuster (Oct 2024)

Learn how to ensure you have properly prepared your adjuster, and the insurance company, to get the case settled for your client before mediation or negotiations.

Originally presented: Aug 2024 The Car Crash Seminar

Jennifer Mauer Lee, Fee Smith & Sharp, LLP - Dallas, TX

6. Recurring Ethics Issues in Car Crash Cases (Oct 2023)

Robert E. Valdez

1.00 1.00 0.00 1.00 | 1.00 ethics
Downloadable Materials
Slides (pdf) – 24 pgs

Session 6 —60 mins 1.00 | 1.00 ethics

Recurring Ethics Issues in Car Crash Cases (Oct 2023)

This session discusses recurring ethics issues in car crash cases affecting attorneys representing plaintiffs and defendants.

Originally presented: Aug 2023 The Car Crash Seminar

Robert E. Valdez, Valdez & Treviño - San Antonio, TX

7. Serving Two Masters: The Ins and Outs of the Tripartite Relationship (Oct 2025)

Christy Amuny

0.75 0.75 0.00 0.75 | 0.75 ethics
Downloadable Materials
Transcript (txt)
Paper (pdf) – 16 pgs
Slides (pdf) – 29 pgs

Session 7 —46 mins 0.75 | 0.75 ethics

Serving Two Masters: The Ins and Outs of the Tripartite Relationship (Oct 2025)

Hear an analysis of the relationship between the insured, insurer, and attorney, conflicts that arise in the relationship, Tilley and subsequent case law, and the ethical dilemmas in knowing who you really represent.

Originally presented: Aug 2025 The Car Crash Seminar

Christy Amuny, Germer PLLC - Beaumont, TX