Car Crash Symposium 2025

  • OnDemand seminar
  • Civil Litigation Law
  • Insurance Law
Up to 7.0 Credit Hours
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Car Crash Symposium 2025

The road ahead

A rideshare passenger is injured when their driver, distracted by a navigation app, collides with a self-driving vehicle making a sudden stop. Who is responsible? The driver? The rideshare company? The self-driving car manufacturer? The answers aren’t simple, and the consequences are anything but artificial.

From self-driving vehicles and rideshare liability to the ethical risks of AI, the road ahead for lawyers representing parties in car crashes is becoming increasingly complex. These crashes raise new questions about fault, insurance coverage, and the role of data. Staying current on legal developments is the key to protecting clients and your practice.

Get down to mechanics

Car Crash Symposium 2025 brings together experienced practitioners, insurance professionals, and a mechanical forensic engineer to examine the latest challenges in motor vehicle litigation. Through a mix of focused sessions and practical discussions, you’ll explore the most pressing issues reshaping collision claims.

8:30 am
AI Panel with Ethics

Moderator: Laura M. Lyons Panelists: Ann S. Jacobs, Michael A. LoCoco

  • Learn how AI enhances legal research and document review, and how to critically assess its accuracy and reliability
  • Gain insight into ethical obligations around AI use, including the duty of technological competence and supervision, how to mitigate the risks of hallucinations, and evolving legal frameworks regarding AI
  • Explore best practices for maintaining client confidentiality when using AI tools that handle sensitive data
  • Recognize and address bias in AI systems, ensuring fair and transparent use in legal decision-making
9:45 am
Uber Rides Gone Wrong: Handling Claims Involving Rideshare Drivers and Self-Driving Cars

Kristen S. Scheuerman, Monte E. Weiss

  • What constitutes use of an automobile under Wisconsin law?
  • Initial grants of coverage: who is the insured?
  • Identify the liable party: does your claim involve the driver, the vehicle manufacturer, a passenger, or someone else?
  • For rideshare claims: was the driver “on the clock?” and why does it matter?
  • Determining theories of liability and defending those claims
10:35 am
Break
10:50 am
A Legal Malpractice Insurance Carrier's View of The Types and Causes of Claims Made Against Personal Injury Attorneys

Brian C. Anderson

  • Discussion of the most common errors that result in claims like missed deadlines and the failure to timely develop the underlying personal injury claim
  • How to deal with difficult clients
  • How to avoid common errors
  • Understand reporting obligations when an error is discovered
12:40 pm
Public Benefits

Maeve Pirt Meyer

1:30 pm
The Use of Technology and Data for Vehicle Claim Investigations

Edwin N. Barron

  • Identify what data is available in modern passenger vehicles and heavy trucks
  • Recognize how the various data is reviewed and analyzed
  • Understand how the data is applied to assist in an investigation
  • Appreciate the different technologies used to document vehicles and loss sites
  • Recognize how these documentation tools can be used in a claim investigation
  • Understand the importance of using a third-party expert to assist in complex vehicle loss claims
2:20 pm
Punitive Damages Panel and Impaired Driving

Moderator: Christopher R. Bandt Panelists: Ronald G. Pezze, Allan M. Foeckler

  • How to prepare your case and your clients for mediation when punitive damages are involved
  • How punitive damage claims impact mediation
  • How to effectively handle punitive damages at mediation
3:35 pm
Program Concludes
11:40 pm
Lunch (on your own)

Program Chairs

Amy Freiman
Hills Legal Group Ltd · Waukesha
Laura M. Lyons
Great American Insurance Group · Madison
Jacqueline Chada Nuckels
Nuckels Law LLC · Oconomowoc

Faculty

10 total
Brian C. Anderson
Wisconsin Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company · Madison
Christopher R. Bandt
Nash, Spindler, Grimstad & McCracken LLP · Manitowoc
Edwin N. Barron
EFI Global, Inc. · Indianapolis, IN
Allan M. Foeckler
Cannon & Dunphy S.C. · Brookfield
Ann S. Jacobs
Jacobs Injury Law S.C. · Milwaukee
Michael A. LoCoco
McCoy Leavitt Laskey LLC · Waukesha
Maeve Pirt Meyer
Hawks Quindel S.C. · Madison
Ronald G. Pezze
Otjen Law Firm S.C. · Waukehsa
Kristen S. Scheuerman
Weiss Law Office S.C. · Mequon
Monte E. Weiss
Weiss Law Office S.C. · Mequon

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  • Improve your skills in claims involving rideshare drivers and self-driving vehicles
  • Steer clear of coverage pitfalls and structure stronger claims or defenses
  • Protect your reputation and practice by minimizing malpractice risks
  • Use vehicle and trucking data effectively to strengthen investigations and expert testimony
  • Effectively prepare clients and your case for mediation when punitive damages are involved
  • Leverage AI to increase efficiency without crossing ethical boundaries
  • Personal injury lawyers
  • Tort lawyers
  • Civil litigators
  • Insurance defense lawyers
  • General practitioners
  • Paralegals

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