Conference Agenda
Day 1, Wednesday, April 06, 2011
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast & Registration
8:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Welcome By Co-Chairs
Christian Hartley, Maune, Raichle, Hartley, French & Mudd, LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC
Albert H. Parnell, Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP, Atlanta
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
The 2011 Outlook: The Latest Claims and Trends in the Southeast
- Where Are We Going in 2011?
- Filing Trends by Disease and Jurisdictions
- What This Will Mean For You: National and Regional Prospects
Bradley Drew, Navigant Consulting, Inc., Princeton, NJ
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Filing Cases in South Carolina
- The Newly Implemented Master Discovery
- Scheduling Orders
- South Carolina Asbestos Claims Act
V. Brian Bevon, Motley Rice, Mt. Pleasant, SC
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Shipyard, U.S. Navy and Maritime Cases
- Maritime Law as a Choice of Law
- Removal Issues
- The Faddish Decision and its Impact
- The U.S. Navy's Control Over Equipment and Material Specifications
Robert R. Hatten, Patten, Wornom, Hatten & Diamonstein, Newport News, VA
John M. Fitzpatrick, Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell, Denver
Erik D. Nadolink, Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell, Denver
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Asbestos Litigation in South Carolina: The View From the Bench
Judge D. Garrison Hill, South Carolina Circuit Court, Circuit 13, Greenville, SC
11:15 a.m. - 12:15 a.m.
The Federal MDL
John E. Herrick, Motley Rice, Mt. Pleasant, SC
David Craig Landin, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Lunch
1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Perspectives on Jury Selection in the Southeast
- Subtle or Patent Differences County by County and State by State
- Actual or Perceived Differences in Gender, Race and Age
Stuart L. Cohen, Bennett Aiello Cohen & Fried LLP, Miami
Cindy K. Andrews Ph.D., DecisionQuest, Chicago
Carl E. Pierce Jr., Pierce, Herns, Sloan & McLeod, LLC, Charleston, SC
2:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Refreshment Break
2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
The Impact of Industrial Hygiene Experts
- The Four Pillars of an Industrial Hygienist's Expert Testimony -- Quantification of Exposure, Reconstruction and Testing of the Product, Industry and Trade Specific Inquiry and Development of Alternative Exposures
- Proximity, Duration and Intensity
- Fiber Type and Size, Plus the Make-Up of Other Materials in the Production
- Using the IH to Discredit the Adverse Party's IH
- Critiquing the Study and Suggesting Alternative Methods
- Establishing "Orders of Magnitude"
- Chrysotile v. Amphibole
Lawrence G. Cetrulo, Cetrulo & Capone, Boston
Chris Panatier, Simon, Eddins & Greenstone, LLP, Dallas
3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
The Friction Product Case
- Update on Status of Industry-Sponsored "Science"
- Recent Trial Results in FL and SC - What Do They Tell Us About Friction Product Litigation?
- Litigation Regarding Chrysler and General Motors Products Post-Bankruptcy
Jonathan Ruckdeschel, The Ruckdeschel Law Firm, LLC, Ellicott City, MD
Carl R. Schwertz, Miles & Stockbridge, P.C., McLean, VA
4:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
The Pathologist and Causation
- The Pathologic Diagnosis of Asbestos-Related Diseases
- The Significance of Fiber Burden Analyses in the Determination of Causation
- Trial Issues Involving the Testimony of a Pathologist
Barrett Naman, DeLuca & Nemeroff, LLP, Spring, TX
Michael J. Block, Wilbraham, Lawler & Buba, Philadelphia