Conference Agenda
Day 1, Monday, May 16, 2016
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast and Registration
8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Welcome By Co-Chairs
Joseph F. Rice, Motley Rice, Mount Pleasant, SC
John D. Cosmich, Cosmich Simmons & Brown, PLLC, Jackson, MS
8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
State of Asbestos National Litigation
Joseph F. Rice, Motley Rice, Mount Pleasant, SC
John D. Cosmich, Cosmich Simmons & Brown, PLLC, Jackson, MS
Anne McGinness Kearse, Motley Rice, Mount Pleasant, SC
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Asbestos and Talc
Moderator:
John D. Cosmich, Cosmich Simmons & Brown, PLLC, Jackson, MS
Moshe Maimon, Levy Konigsberg LLP, New York
Brendan J. Gaughan, Governo Law Firm LLC, Boston
Christopher M. Placitella, Cohen, Placitella & Roth, P.C., Red Bank, NJ
Henry G. Garrard III, Blasingame, Burch, Garrard & Ashley, P.C., Athens, GA
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Recent Verdicts in Asbestos Talc Cases
Brendan J. Tully, Levy Konigsberg LLP, New York
James M. Kramer, Levy Konigsberg LLP, New York
11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Friction Products
• Juni v. A. O. Smith Water Products
Alani Golanski, Weitz & Luxenberg P.C., New York
Nathan D. Finch, Motley Rice, Mount Pleasant, SC
J.D. McMullen, Jacobs O'Hara McMullen, Houston
Paul A. Scrudato, Schiff Hardin LLP, New York
Jason T. Shipp, Goldberg, Persky & White, P.C., Akron, OH
2:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Refreshment Break
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Nontraditional Exposures – An Overview
• Electrical Equipment/Power Plant Exposures
• Dental/Jewelry Exposures
• TV/Radio Exposures
• Hairdryers
• Mining/Milling Operations
Kathy Farinas, George & Farinas, LLP, Indianapolis
Knight S. Anderson, Tucker Ellis LLP, Cleveland
Daniel J. O'Connell, O'Connell, Tivin, Miller & Burns, LLC, Chicago
3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Environmental and Household Exposures
John E. Herrick, Motley Rice, Mount Pleasant, SC
Mitch McGuffey, Forman Watkins & Krutz LLP, Jackson, MS
4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Employer and Premise Liability
Laurence H. Brown, Brookman, Rosenberg, Brown & Sandler, Philadelphia
M. Douglas Eisler, Wilbraham, Lawler & Buba, Philadelphia