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47th Annual Torts Update 2024

Product ID: CA3673D
Presented By: State Bar of Wisconsin PINNACLE

Your trusted source for all things torts

With so many important new court decisions on tort law topics, you don’t want to miss the 47th Annual Torts Update. We’ve compiled recent updates and insights you need to know to stay current, along with a lineup of experienced practitioners to help you make sense of it all.

In this quick-hitting half-day program, you’ll explore:

  • How the history behind certain statutes can be used to strengthen your cases
  • Recent case law on the “exposure period” for statutes of repose
  • How Stelling v. Middlesex Insurance Co. impacts venue change
  • New decisions on informed consent in medical malpractice cases
  • Recent developments from litigation over Wisconsin’s Safe Place Statute
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Webcast seminar
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Pricing

Member $259.00

Non-Member $339.00

Credits

4 CLE

Upon purchase, this OnDemand program is available to view for 90 days.

EPR credit is not available for OnDemand programs.

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Your trusted source for all things torts

With so many important new court decisions on tort law topics, you don’t want to miss the 47th Annual Torts Update. We’ve compiled recent updates and insights you need to know to stay current, along with a lineup of experienced practitioners to help you make sense of it all.

In this quick-hitting half-day program, you’ll explore:

  • How the history behind certain statutes can be used to strengthen your cases
  • Recent case law on the “exposure period” for statutes of repose
  • How Stelling v. Middlesex Insurance Co. impacts venue change
  • New decisions on informed consent in medical malpractice cases
  • Recent developments from litigation over Wisconsin’s Safe Place Statute
Read More ↓

Sponsored By

Interested in sponsoring this program? Find out more.

Program Chairs

Michael P. Crooks
von Briesen & Roper, S.C.
Madison

Edward E. Robinson
Cannon & Dunphy, S.C.
Brookfield

Presenters

David S. Blinka
Habush Habush & Rottier, S.C.
Madison

Guy J. Du Beau
Axley Brynelson LLP
Madison

Hon. Stephen E. Ehlke
Dane County Circuit Court
Madison

Lynn R. Laufenberg
Gingras, Thomsen & Wachs
Milwaukee

Timothy J. Pierce
State Bar of Wisconsin
Madison

John P. Pinzl
von Briesen & Roper, S.C.
Madison

Melissa J. Prost
Gingras, Thomsen & Wachs
Milwaukee

8:30 a.m. Statute of Repose

  • Hering v. Rural Mutual Insurance Co.
  • Soletski v. Krueger International Inc.
  • Why this statute exists and how to utilize it to get your case dismissed

John P. Pinzl

8:55 a.m. A Change of Venue Law

  • Overview of Stelling v. Middlesex Insurance Co.
  • The history and intention of the venue selection statute, Wis. Stat. 801.50(2)
  • The impact of the Stelling decision on challenges to venue selection

David S. Blinka

9:20 a.m. Medical Malpractice and Informed Consent

  • Wetterling v. Southard
  • Hubbard v. Neuman

Guy J. Du Beau

9:45 a.m. Wisconsin’s Safe Place Statute

  • Lorbiecki v. Pabst Brewing Co.
  • Martinez v. Rullman

Lynn R. Laufenberg and/or Melissa J. Prost

10:10 a.m. Break

10:25 a.m. Effective Advocacy at the Circuit Court Level

Hon. Stephen E. Ehlke

11:15 a.m. How to (or not) Responsibly Address Online Reviews

  • Ethics rules to consider when publicly commenting on reviews
  • Considerations for avoiding confidentiality issues online

Timothy J. Pierce

12:05 p.m. Program Concludes

  • Examine the latest, most important precedents in tort litigation
  • Learn how to utilize statutes of repose to get cases dismissed
  • Discover the impact of recent case law on challenges to venue
  • Explore the latest medical malpractice and informed consent decisions
  • Analyze new developments on Wisconsin’s Safe Place Statute
  • Know the ethical boundaries for addressing online reviews
  • Torts/personal injury lawyers
  • Insurance lawyers
  • Civil litigators
  • General practitioners

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