Program Chairs:
Joshua B. Cronin
von Briesen & Roper, S.C.
Milwaukee
Mollie T. Kugler – also presenting
von Briesen & Roper, S.C.
Milwaukee
Presenters:
Austin Borton
Leavell & Borton, S.C.
Racine
Caleb R. Gerbitz
Meissner Tierney Fisher & Nichols, S.C.
Milwaukee
Erik M. Gustafson
Borgelt, Powell, Peterson & Frauen, S.C.
Milwaukee
Jeffrey L. Leavell
Leavell & Borton, S.C.
Racine
Nicole R. Radler
Simpson & Deardorff, S.C.
Milwaukee
Christine M. Rice
Simpson & Deardorff, S.C.
Milwaukee
James M. Sosnoski
Meissner Tierney Fisher & Nichols, S.C.
Milwaukee
April Toy
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
Milwaukee
8:30 a.m. Identifying Insurer’s Duties to the Insured After the Suit Limitations Period Expires
- Reconciling the one-year statute of limitations for breach of contract claims relating to first-party insurance policies in Wis. Stat. § 631.83(1) with the three-year statute of limitations for bad faith claims in Wis. Stat. § 893.57
- Practical advice for counseling clients
Erik M. Gustafson
9:30 a.m. Insurer Stigma: Managing the Reputational Aspect of Insurance Litigation
- Strategies insurer attorneys should take to promote their client’s reputation in specific cases
- Obstacles insurer-side attorneys face when trying to convince a jury that the insurer’s position is reasonable and not merely an attempt to avoid paying what is due under the contract
- How the insurance bar can take collective action to advance the reputation of the insurance industry as a whole
Caleb R. Gerbitz, James M. Sosnoski
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Additional Insured Coverage
- What is an “additional insured” and how coverage is typically triggered
- Limitations, common examples of additional insureds, and common issues - particularly in multi-party litigation
- Contract indemnity provisions including common approaches and parallels to additional insured coverage
- How duty to defend is determined, contrasted with indemnity
Austin Borton, Jeffrey L. Leavell
11:45 a.m. Lunch (on your own)
12:45 p.m. Causation Issues in Coverage Cases
- Discuss different insurance policy language and how it is interpreted by courts
Joshua B. Cronin
1:45 p.m. Uninsured and Underinsured Coverage
- Recent decisions impacting uninsured and underinsured motorist coverages
- How to calculate application of the reducing clause under the now existing case law
Nicole R. Radler, Christine M. Rice
2:45 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. Coverage Trends with Biometric Data Lawsuits
- Recent decisions interpreting whether the use (or misuse) of biometric data is covered
Mollie T. Kugler, April Toy
4:00 p.m. Program Concludes
- Take a thorough look at how courts are currently interpreting policy language
- Hear how the insurance bar can advance the reputation of the insurance industry
- Examine common issues and limitations of additional insured coverage
- Discover recent coverage trends in lawsuits about biometric data
- Connect with other Wisconsin insurance lawyers for referrals and continued guidance
- Insurance lawyers
- Civil litigators
- Tort lawyers
- Corporate counsel
- Business lawyers
- General practitioners
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