Conference Agenda
Day 1, Friday, June 24, 2011
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast & Registration
8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Welcome By Co-Chairs
Forrest Ren Wilkes, Forman Perry Watkins Krutz & Tardy LLP, New Orleans
Brian F. Blackwell, Blackwell & Associates, Baton Rouge, LA
8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
MDL-875
- Status of Cases
- Re-Tread Cases Filed in Louisiana and/or Other Jurisdictions
Jennifer M. Studebaker, Forman Perry Watkins Krutz & Tardy, Jackson, Miss.
Lawrence Gettys, Heard Robins Cloud & Black LLP, Baton Rouge, LA
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Primer on Asbestos State of the Art
John J. Hainkel III, Frilot LLC, New Orleans
Bart French, Maune, Raichle, Hartley, French & Mudd, LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Motions in Limine Filed in Asbestos Cases
Jennifer E. Adams, Deutsch Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans
Christopher Norris, DeLuca and Nemeroff, Dallas
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch: The Ethics of Aggregate Settlements
Renée Melançon, Law Offices of Renée Melançon, Dallas
Christopher C. Colley, Baron & Budd, Dallas
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Medicare Reporting
- MMSEA Section 111 Misconceptions
- Reporting Requirements of MMSEA Section 111
- Avoiding Problems when Finalizing Settlements
Michele Hale DeShazo, Kuchler Polk Schell Weiner & Richeson LLC, New Orleans
John Spillane, DeLuca and Nemeroff, Dallas
2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Refreshment Break
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Significant 2010-2011 Louisiana Cases and 2011 Louisiana Legislative Update
Francis Philip Accardo, Pugh, Accardo, Haas, Radecker, Carey & Hymel LLC, New Orleans
Louis L. Plotkin, Plotkin & Vincent LLC, Metairie, LA
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Mesothelioma Case Considerations
- Court Orders on Pathology and Autopsy Protocols
- Louisiana Case Law on Pathology Review
- Considerations in Selecting Pathologists
- Primer on Immunohistochemical Stains
- Whether To Do Tissue Digestion
A. Wendel Stout III, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans
Frank J. Swarr, Landry, Swarr & Cannella, New Orleans