Program Chair:
Monte E. Weiss
Weiss Law Office, S.C.
Mequon
Presenters:
Joshua B. Cronin
von Briesen & Roper, S.C.
Milwaukee
Eileen I. Dorfman
Madison
Mollie T. Kugler
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
Milwaukee
Jeffrey L. Leavell
Jeffrey Leavell, S.C.
Racine
Brad A. Markvart
Secura Insurance
Appleton
Barbara A. O’Brien
Borgelt, Powell, Peterson & Frauen, S.C.
Milwaukee
John P. Pinzl
von Briesen & Roper, S.C.
Madison
Ariella Schreiber
Rural Mutual Insurance Co.
Madison
April Toy
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
Milwaukee
8:30 a.m. : Policies and Their Components
Ariella Schreiber
9:20 a.m. : Construction Defect Framework
- Triaging the construction defect case
- Viewing possible parties, claims, and insurance coverages from the broad view
Jeffrey L. Leavell
10:10 a.m. : Break
10:25 a.m. : Exploring Coverage Issues in Construction Defect Cases
- Learn the concepts of what is an “occurrence” and what “property damage” is in construction defect cases
- Survey the business risk exclusions that are typically implicated
Mollie T. Kugler, April Toy
11:15 a.m. : The Duty to Defend in Construction Claims
- How to address motions to bifurcate and stay coverage disputes from the merits
- Navigating complex relationships between insurer, policyholder, and insured(s)
- What to do when coverage issues meet an arbitration agreement
Eileen I. Dorfman
12:05 p.m. : Lunch (on your own)
1:05 p.m. : Business Contracts
- Common contractual provisions of indemnity and insurance
- How the provisions interact with the parties’ insurance policies
- Identifying who among the parties and insurers may have obligations to the others
Barbara A. O’Brien, Brad A. Markvart
1:55 p.m. : Liability Insurance, Property Insurance, and Performance Bonds: Synthesizing Concepts
- Property Insurance: An overview of the “faulty workmanship” and “ensuing loss” provisions
- Liability Insurance: Is there insurance coverage for “rip & tear” damage?
- Performance Bonds: An overview of the gap-filling role
Joshua B. Cronin, John P. Pinzl
2:45 p.m. : Program Concludes
Following program start times, webcast replay schedule will vary slightly from above listed times.
- Understand insurance concepts as they relate to construction defect claims
- Navigate the complex relationships between the insurer, policyholder, and insured(s)
- Review insurance coverage issues presented by faulty workmanship
- Handle future construction defect claims more confidently
- Insurance lawyers
- Civil litigators
- Tort lawyers
- Corporate counsel
- Business lawyers
- Construction lawyers
- General practitioners
- Real estate attorneys
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