Satisfy 4 Hours of MCLE- Including 2 Hours of Ethics 3 Convenient Dates & Locations Saturday – May 5 - 8:30 AM – 12:45 PM The Mansion – Farleigh Dickinson University – Madison Campus Wednesday – May - 4 – 8:30 PM Pines Manor – Edison Thursday – May 24 - 4-8:30 PM Woodcrest Country Club – Cherry Hill Everything You Need to Know About Malpractice Cases, but Didn’t Know Who to Ask • Duty of a health care provider • Duty of Informed Consent and Refusal • Expert testimony and learned treatises, including AOM and PSA discussions • Proximate causation • Damages • Pre-suit investigation of • The Pleadings, defenses, and voir dire • Pretrial discovery Abbot S. Brown - Bendit Weinstock William L. Gold - Bendit Weinstock
Avoiding Malpractice Claims in the Handling of Litigation • Liability of plaintiff and defense attorneys • Duty to institute suit • Duty to formulate a litigation strategy • Errors in judgment • Settling the case • Failure to call experts • Strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPP suits) • Use of litigation privilege in claims against attorneys • Avoiding malpractice claims in the representation of plaintiffs • Avoiding malpractice claims in matrimonial actions Jack L. Slimm - Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin Mike G. Donohue, III - Stark & Stark Mark Biel - Biel, Zlotnick & Feinberg |