Held in Nashville

Friday, May 7, 2010
Nashville School of Law

Materials from the 2010 Tort Law Conference for Tennessee Attorneys are just $197.

BONUS CD: Your materials include a BONUS CD featuring TAM summaries of significant medical malpractice cases from the past year, with subject matter and alphabetical indices containing links to the full text of the opinions.

Did you miss TAM’s 2010 Tort Law Conference for Tennessee Attorneys in Nashville? It’s not too late to obtain the materials presented at this live event. Cost: just $197.

Materials Sections:

• Tort Claims Against Federal, State, and Local Governments (Brandon Bass)
• Much Ado about Ethics (Donald Capparella and Edward D. Lanquist, Jr.)
• Medicare Subrogation: The Medicare Secondary Payer System in Personal Injury and Workers’ Compensation Cases (Bryan Moseley)
• Premises Liability Update (Bryan Moseley)
• Hot Topics in Product Liability (Brian Jackson)
• Summary Judgment from an Appellate Perspective After Hannan and Martin (Judge Patricia Cottrell)
• Hot Topics in Medical Malpractice (Daniel Clayton)
• Tort Clams and Recoveries for Minors (Rebecca Blair)
  

Your materials include:

• Procedure for filing suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act
• Procedure for filing a claim against the State of Tennessee
• Exceptions to government immunity under the Governmental Tort Liability Act
• Review of ethics rules on romantic relationship between lawyer and client, romantic relationship between judge and party/witness, competent handling of particular matter, and trial publicity
• Overview of the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) process
• Common issues when dealing with the Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery Contractor
• Recent changes to the MSP process and new reporting requirements
• Premises liability claims: Constructive notice of unsafe condition, comparative fault, duty to remove or warn, and recent cases
• Product liability: Daubert, specificity of defect theory, preemption by federal law, Twombly/Iqbal, and learned intermediary/causation
• Summary judgment: Basics and burden-shifting
• Medical malpractice cases before Tennessee Supreme Court and 2010 appellate court cases
• Copy of article, “Tennessee Medical Malpractice Laws Change Again,” by Randy Kinnard
• Tort claims and recoveries for minors: Applicable statutes and cases
  
  

PLUS, you’ll get a BONUS CD: Featuring TAM summaries of significant medical malpractice cases from the past year, with subject matter and alphabetical indices containing links to the full text of the opinions.

Cost: $197