Product Liability: From Intake Through Trial
Date: Feb 20, 2024 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: Online
Member Price: $152
Non-Member Price: $190
Areas of Law: Product Liability & Mass Tort
Earn up to 3.3 credits! (More Information)
Keynote
Moderator
- Christopher J. Geddis, Esq.
- Mazie Slater Kats & Freeman LLC, Roseland
Presenters
- Hon. Rachelle L. Harz, JSC (Ret.)
- Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks Kahn Wikstrom & Sinins, PC, Springfield
- David Katzenstein, Esq.
- Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, Newark
- Abigail M. Luhn, Esq.
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP, Florham Park
- Rachel A. Placitella, Esq.
- Cohen Placitella & Roth, Red Bank
- Christopher A. Rojao, Esq.
- McCarter & English LLP, Newark
Presented in cooperation with the NJSBA Product Liability and Mass Tort Section
NJICLE along with the NJSBA Product Liability and Mass Tort Section has a NEW program on preparing a products liability case—from initial interview through trial.
A panel of lawyers and a retired mass tort judge, will guide you through the strategy in interviewing the client, drafting the complaint, drafting the answer, propounding case specific interrogatories, preparing the expert witness, deposing parties and experts, the importance of demonstrative evidence, and settlement negotiations. Attendees will gain invaluable tips on how to better handle products liability cases.
Learn from some of the top attorneys in New Jersey and bolster the chance for success with your next products liability case.
Preliminary program agenda:
- 1 | Welcome - Christopher James Geddis, Esq.
- 1:05 | From intake to complaint - Information to obtain at the client’s initial interview (plaintiff perspective) - Christopher James Geddis, Esq.
- Other initial considerations: Pre-suit investigation
- The complaint - with a sample complaint in the written materials
- 1:30 | From incident to answer (defense perspective) - Christopher A. Rojao, Esq.
- Informal investigation, motions and answer - with samples in the written materials
- 1:55 | Formal and informal discovery: Demonstrative evidence - Rachel A. Placitella, Esq.; David Katzenstein, Esq.
- Documents, depositions and experts - the plaintiff and defense perspectives
- 2:50 | Break
- 3 | Settlement, ADR options, mediation - Hon. Rachelle L. Harz (Ret.)
- 3:30 | Lead cases and recent case law developments - Abigail M. Luhn, Esq.
- 4 | Wrap up/Adjourn
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