Conference Agenda
Day 1, Thursday, June 02, 2016
7:45 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Continental Breakfast and Registration
8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Welcome By Co-Chairs
Stan Perry, Reed Smith LLP, Houston
Keith Patton, Shrader & Associates LLP, Houston
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Burst Case: Summary Judgment & Appeal
Eric Williams, Williams Law Office, LLC, Metairie, LA
Robert P. Scott, Blank Rome, LLP, Houston
9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Dahlin Trial
Keith Patton, Shrader & Associates, Houston
Tynan Buthod, Baker Botts, Houston
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Tomasetti “Bad Luck” Study
• Current Cancer Causes
• Gene Mutations
Howard E. Jarvis, Woolf, McClane, Bright, Allen & Carpenter, PLLC, Knoxville, TN
John B. Sullivan, Jr., M.D., MBA, Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
DeSorbo Trial
Matt Cairone, Cairone Law Firm, Canonsburg, PA
Andrew J. DuPont, Locks Law Firm, Philadelphia
12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch with Keynote: International Perspective on Benzene Regulations
• How is Benzene Dealt with in Other Major Countries?
John Kind, Ph.D., CIH, CTEH, North Little Rock, AR
1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Milward v. Rust-Oleum: First Circuit Decision
Francis M. Lynch, Cetrulo, LLP, Boston
2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Hood Trial
Jonathan A. George, Waters Kraus & Paul, Dallas
2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Refreshment Break
2:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Successor Liability Issues and Developments in California Law
• Davis v. Honeywell Opinion
Raphael Metzger, Metzger Law Group, Long Beach, CA
Kenneth Holdren, Metzger Law Group, Long Beach, CA
Rey S. Yang, Yang PLC, Los Angeles
Sally Hosn, Yang PLC, Los Angeles
3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Dose and Causation in Related Toxic Torts
• How are Dose Issues in Other Toxic Torts Going to Affect Your Benzene Case
• Cigarette Smoking and Benzene Litigation
Stan Perry, Reed Smith, Houston
Rudie R. Soileau Jr., Lundy Lundy Soileau & South, LLP, Lake Charles, LA
4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Ethical Issues of Medicare Reporting
Vic Houston Henry, Henry, Oddo, Austin & Fletcher, PC, Dallas
Charles Medlin, Garretson Resolution Group, Charlotte, NC
David Baluk, Shrader & Associates LLP, Houston