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Answer Bar: Taking on the Car Crash Client
Contains material from Sep 2017 to Sep 2019
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Session 2: First Contact, Case Evaluation, and Client Expectations - Learn how to assess who has a claim, potential conflicts, how to evaluate the potential liability, damages, and costs of the case, and how to manage your client's expectations about their case.
Session 3: Investigation and Insurance - Examine critical aspects of the crash investigation, including the identification of potential parties and the myriad of potentially applicable insurance coverages.
Session 4: Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Claims: The Ultimate Traffic Jam - A review of recent cases impacting UM/UIM cases and the strategies for prosecuting and defending uninsured and underinsured motorist claims.
Session 5: Injury Causation in Low Property Damage Cases - Hear from plaintiff and defense attorneys on best practices for assessing injuries in low property damage cases, including a review of the rationale behind these assessments.
Session 6: Medical Issues - Survey issues relating to medical treatment, including the timing of treatment, prognosis, and future treatment needs.
Session 7: Notice to Potential Defendants and Pre-Suit Demands - Review what to include in your pre-suit demand, as well as how to provide notice to potential defendants and their insurers.
Session 8: Pre-Suit Settlement - Discuss considerations such as IOLTA requirements, liens and subrogation, and the potential net to your client.
Session 9: Subrogation and Liens - Examine the ever-changing rules regarding Medicare, Medicaid, ERISA, workers' comp, hospital liens, state employees, local employees, and disability plans. Explore safeguards created by a state law which protects first party and portions of third-party recoveries from many insured plans.
Session 10: Moving the Insurance Adjuster Needle - Hear tips for plaintiff and defense counsel to bring the insurance adjuster to a realistic evaluation of the case, for the benefit of not just the plaintiff and counsel, but also the defendant insured and counsel.
Session 11: The Noble Lawyer and the Ethics of Client Management - Analyze the ethical quandaries of client intake, case selection, and client communications. Learn how to manage healthy and unhealthy client relationships, setting expectations for clients, and withdrawing from bad relationships.
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Ross S. Crossland
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Session 1
—46 mins
A Day in the Life of a Car Wreck Defense Lawyer (Sep 2017)
Discuss the laundry list of issues that the car wreck defense lawyer can expect to address in a typical day.
Originally presented: Aug 2017 The Car Crash Seminar
Ross S. Crossland,
The Crossland Law Firm - Austin, TX
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Donald H. Kidd
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Session 2
—39 mins
First Contact, Case Evaluation, and Client Expectations (Aug 2018)
Originally presented: Aug 2018 The Anatomy of a Car Crash Case
Donald H. Kidd,
Perdue & Kidd - Houston, TX
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Stephanie Baenisch, William M. Toles
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Session 3
—17 mins
Investigation and Insurance (Aug 2018)
Examine critical aspects of the crash investigation, including the identification of potential parties and the myriad of potentially applicable insurance coverages.
Originally presented: Aug 2018 The Anatomy of a Car Crash Case
Stephanie Baenisch,
Loncar & Associates - Dallas, TX
William M. Toles,
Fee, Smith, Sharp & Vitullo - Dallas, TX
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Thomas A. Herald
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Session 4
—32 mins
Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Claims: The Ultimate Traffic Jam (Sep 2019)
A review of recent cases impacting UM/UIM cases and the strategies for prosecuting and defending uninsured and underinsured motorist claims.
Originally presented: Aug 2019 Car Crash Seminar
Thomas A. Herald,
Thomas A. Herald, P.C. - Bedford, TX
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Brian L. Mincher, Manpreet Kaur Singh, Roger A. Sullivan
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Session 5
—43 mins
Injury Causation in Low Property Damage Cases (Sep 2019)
Hear from plaintiff and defense attorneys on best practices for assessing injuries in low property damage cases, including a review of the rationale behind these assessments.
Originally presented: Aug 2019 Car Crash Seminar
Brian L. Mincher,
Eberstein & Witherite, LLP - Dallas, TX
Manpreet Kaur Singh,
Fanaff & Baldwin - Houston, TX
Roger A. Sullivan,
Sullivan Trial Lawyers, P.C. - Houston, TX
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Stephanie Baenisch, Donald H. Kidd, William M. Toles
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Session 6
—15 mins
Medical Issues (Aug 2018)
Originally presented: Aug 2018 The Anatomy of a Car Crash Case
Stephanie Baenisch,
Loncar & Associates - Dallas, TX
Donald H. Kidd,
Perdue & Kidd - Houston, TX
William M. Toles,
Fee, Smith, Sharp & Vitullo - Dallas, TX
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Stephanie Baenisch, William M. Toles
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Session 7
—34 mins
Notice to Potential Defendants and Pre-Suit Demands (Aug 2018)
Review what to include in your pre-suit demand, as well as how to provide notice to potential defendants and their insurers.
Originally presented: Aug 2018 The Anatomy of a Car Crash Case
Stephanie Baenisch,
Loncar & Associates - Dallas, TX
William M. Toles,
Fee, Smith, Sharp & Vitullo - Dallas, TX
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Stephanie Baenisch, Donald H. Kidd
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Session 8
—24 mins
Pre-Suit Settlement (Aug 2018)
Originally presented: Aug 2018 The Anatomy of a Car Crash Case
Stephanie Baenisch,
Loncar & Associates - Dallas, TX
Donald H. Kidd,
Perdue & Kidd - Houston, TX
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Judy Kostura
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Session 9
—42 mins
Subrogation and Liens (Sep 2019)
Examine the ever-changing rules regarding Medicare, Medicaid, ERISA, workers' comp, hospital liens, state employees, local employees, and disability plans. Explore safeguards created by a state law which protects first party and portions of third-party recoveries from many insured plans.
Originally presented: Aug 2019 Car Crash Seminar
Judy Kostura,
Judge, Kostura & Putman, P.C. - Austin, TX
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Ross S. Crossland
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Session 10
—27 mins
Moving the Insurance Adjuster Needle (Sep 2019)
Hear tips for plaintiff and defense counsel to bring the insurance adjuster to a realistic evaluation of the case, for the benefit of not just the plaintiff and counsel, but also the defendant insured and counsel.
Originally presented: Aug 2019 Car Crash Seminar
Ross S. Crossland,
The Crossland Law Firm - Austin, TX
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William J. Chriss
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Session 11
—30 mins
The Noble Lawyer and the Ethics of Client Management (Sep 2017)
Analyze the ethical quandaries of client intake, case selection, and client communications. Learn how to manage healthy and unhealthy client relationships, setting expectations for clients, and withdrawing from bad relationships.
Originally presented: Aug 2017 The Car Crash Seminar
William J. Chriss,
Law Office of William J. Chriss, P.C. - Corpus Christi, TX