Coming to Nashville

Friday, May 21, 2010
Nashville School of Law
4013 Armory Oaks Drive
(615) 256-3684

This live event is approved for 7.5 hours of CLE credit (6.5 hours of general and 1 hour of Dual credit).

Cost: $377
Additional attendees: $297
Masterials Only: $197

Conference Details: Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. The conference begins at 8 a.m. and concludes at 5:15 p.m. (There will be morning and afternoon breaks, and attendees will have 1 hour and 15 minutes for lunch on their own.)

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Cost: Just $377

BONUS CD: Register today and you'll also receive a Bonus CD containing summaries of recent medical malpractice cases from Tennessee appellate courts.

In just one day we'll cover:

• Use of experts in medical malpractice cases
• Initiating a medical malpractice case
• Proving the case
• Defending the case
• Effective use of discovery
• Recoverable damages
• Issues surrounding hospital liability
• Summary judgment motions
• Tips on deposing witnesses
• PLUS, Judge Tom Brothers will give insight on the use of experts in medical malpractice cases, with an emphasis on the locality rule. Attorneys will also get tips on how to depose the most important witnesses in a medical malpractice case, i.e., the plaintiff, the defendant(s), and the experts.
  

Meet your your faculty:

• Brandon Bass, Day & Blair PC
• Rebecca Blair, Day & Blair PC
• Judge Tom Brothers, Davidson County circuit court
• Dixie Cooper, Gideon & Wiseman PLC
• Brian Cummings, Gideon & Wiseman PLC
• Marty Phillips, Rainey Kizer Reviere Bell PLC

Don't miss this chance to get an insider's look at the "hottest" topics surrounding medical malpractice:

• Certificate of good faith
• Screening and case acceptance
• Use of experts
• Locality rule
• Recoverable damages
• Summary judgment
• Causation
• Defenses
• Hospital policies and procedures
• Deposing witnesses
• The latest significant cases from the appellate courts
  

Plaintiffs’ attorneys will learn:

• How to screen medical malpractice cases
• How to ensure compliance with the 2008 and 2009 Amendments to the Medical Malpractice Act
• How to meet the locality rule
• How to prove causation
• How to identify recoverable damages
  

Defense attorneys will learn:

• How to impeach the plaintiff’s expert
• How to exclude a plaintiff’s expert based on the locality rule
• What is necessary to obtain a summary judgment
• How hospital policies and procedures can be used to reduce or eliminate malpractice claims
• When a hospital can be held liable for acts of its employees or the acts of independent contractors
  

Handouts/notebook is very helpful. Good balance between "older" cases and "recent" cases.
-- 2009 Medical Malpractice Conference attendee

Register today for this back-by-popular-demand live event!