An Essential Guide to Wrongful Death Action Cases
Category: On Demand
Member Price: $212
Non-Member Price: $265
Product Code: ON104123
Areas of Law: Civil Trial Bar
CLE Credits
| NJ CLE: | NJ CLE information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 4.5 hours of total CLE credit (Full Credits Available: NJ Civil Trial Attorney Credit: 4.5, NJ General: 4.5). |
| NY CLE (t&nt): | NY Professional Practice Non-Transitional: 4.5 |
| PA CLE: | PA Substantive Credit: 3.5
New: No PACLE fee is required for this program. To earn PA CLE credits, a valid PA Bar ID number must be entered into the CLE form provided after attending the program. |
Faculty
Keynote
Moderator
- K. Raja Bhattacharya, Esq.
- Certified By the New Jersey Supreme Court As a Civil Trial Attorney
Bendit Weinstock PA
Presenters
- Hon. Raymond A. Reddin, JSC (Ret.)
- Hall Booth Smith, PC
- Kristin Kucsma, MA
- Sobel Tinari Economics Group, Livingston
- Evan J. Lide, Esq.
- Stark & Stark, Hamilton
- Dr. Peter Salgo, MD
- NYC
- Renee J. Sherman, Esq.
- Ruprecht Hart Weeks & Ricciardulli LLP, Westfield
Join us for an in-depth guide on how to handle a wrongful death or survivor action
Wrongful death actions are a unique type of personal injury action. In these cases, the parties and the damages that can be collected differ from the typical personal injury claim. At this seminar, a panel of well-respected New Jersey personal injury practitioners along with a former presiding civil trial judge and an expert will offer a well-rounded perspective on this ever-growing area of law. They will also offer strategic tips specific to handling cases wrongful death action cases.
Topics include:
- Review of Wrongful Death Act (N.J.S.A. 2A:31-4) and recent case law;
- Causes of action and who may file a lawsuit?;
- Damages- what sort of damages are allowable in a wrongful death case and how both sides deal with them:
- economic damages,
- pain and suffering;
- Statute of limitations;
- Expert testimony;
- Jury verdicts;
- Trial strategies; and
- Mediation of wrongful death claims.