Program Chairs
Laura M. Lyons
Secura Insurance
Middleton
Jacqueline Chada Nuckels
Nuckels Law LLC
Oconomowoc
Faculty
Christine Bremer Muggli
Bremer & Trollop, S.C.
Wausau
Paul D. Curtis
Axley Brynelson LLP
Madison
Charles F. Domer
Domer Law, S.C.
Milwaukee/Waukesha
Robert D. Ebbe
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health
Madison
Amy M. Freiman
Hills Legal Group Ltd
Waukesha
Corey G. Lorenz
Habush Habush & Rottier, S.C.
Madison
Jeffrey J. Peterson
Skogen Engineering Group Inc.
Fitchburg
Stacie H. Rosenzweig
Halling & Cayo, S.C.
Milwaukee
Kristen S. Scheuerman
Weiss Law Office, S.C.
Appleton
8:30 a.m. Crash Reconstruction and the Preservation of Physical and Electronic Evidence
- Motor vehicle crash reconstruction basics
- Electronic data sources that can be helpful in crash reconstruction
- Photograph and video sources that are becoming more common
- The use of drone imaging and 3d laser scanning in evidence preservation
- The use of drone imaging and 3d laser scanning images in the courtroom
Jeffrey J. Peterson
9:20 a.m. The Banuelos Decision: The Price of Accessing Medical Records
Corey G. Lorenz
9:50 a.m. Break
10:05 a.m. Competing or Coordinating Claims: Crashes Involving Worker’s Compensation
- Communication between liability and worker’s compensation attorneys
- Maximizing injured worker recovery
- Issues with §102.29 distribution formula and reducing clauses
- Medicare concerns in worker’s compensation cases
Charles F. Domer
10:55 a.m. Medicare Compliance From Pre-Suit Handling to Case Resolution
- Review a recent DOJ memo impacting litigation cases involving Medicare-recipient parties
- Important considerations when handling a Medicare file
Kristen S. Scheuerman
11:45 p.m. Lunch Break (on your own)
12:45 p.m. Technology and Ethics
- Responsibly utilizing AI technology in your practice
- Understanding technology involved in a case
- Data and privacy considerations
Stacie H. Rosenzweig
1:35 p.m. Break
1:50 p.m. Crashes with Uninsured Motorists
Amy M. Freiman
2:40 p.m. The Alt Privilege in Practice – Medical and Other Experts (From the 46th Annual Torts Update)
- Discussion of Burnett v. Alt and its progeny
- Foundation of Alt: Court-retained experts
- Alt and subsequent Wisconsin caselaw
- Elements and exceptions from caselaw
- Scope of the Alt privilege
- Outside the scope of Alt: Fact testimony
- What Alt covers: Opinion testimony
- Who can assert Alt: Is it only available to medical providers?
- Perspectives, challenges and pointers in practice
- Plaintiff: contact with treating physician, medical report letters, and preparing treating physician for testimony
- Defense: Be prepared – know the facts/medicine, be respectful of doctor’s time, Preparing the IME doctor
Christine Bremer Muggli, Paul D. Curtis, Robert D. Ebbe
3:30 p.m. Program Concludes
- Understand what goes into crash reconstruction and the preservation of evidence
- Find out how a criminal case can impact a parallel civil case
- Hear updates on medical record access and costs following the Banuelos decision
- Review considerations for handling a crash involving worker’s compensation
- Go in-depth on crashes with an uninsured motorist
- Receive ethical guidance on using artificial intelligence and “smart” vehicle technology
- Personal injury lawyers
- Tort lawyers
- Insurance defense attorneys
- Civil litigators
- General practitioners
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