Schedule/Sessions
Presentation 1 - Bodily Injury: What It's Worth
- Speakers:
Katie Buxman, Self Employed
Detta Hanson, Weyerhaeuser
Jennifer Hills, King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office
Brad Probst, ARCCA, Inc.
Sharon Spung, Mercy Health
Kristoffer Whitters, Marsh
Through the discussion and analysis of recent high-profile injury jury verdicts from throughout the Pacific Northwest, claims professionals will gain a better sense of how to evaluate injury claims as well as how medical experts value the severity and impact of injuries. The professional panel consisting of an attorney, a medical specialist and a senior claims professional will provide insight into the cases discussed allowing the contestants (audience members) to participate and guess what they think the case is worth. At the conclusion, the panel will reveal the actual worth of each case.
Back to topPresentation 2 - Diversity in the Pacific Northwest: Impacts on Claims, Settlements and Trial
- Speakers:
Christina Benedict, Unknown
Steve Crandall, Prolumina
Rima Ghandour, Ghandour Law
Karen Kalzer, Helsell Fetterman LLP
Nicole Rhoades, Davis Rothwell Earle & Xóchihua P.C.
Presentation 3 - Cyber Liability and Insurance Coverage
- Speakers:
Lori Brassell-Cicchini, ESIS
Patrick Clabby, Chubb
Grace Crickette, University of Wisconsin Whitewater
Dennis Woods, Self Employed
This presentation provides an overview of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) policies, developments in the brave new world of the Internet of Things (IoT) and developments under CGL policies trying to keep pace with the rapidly changing world of Cyber Liability.
Back to topPresentation 4 - Regional Insurance Coverage Update (Part 1)
- Speakers:
Joanne Blackburn, Gordon Thomas Honeywell
Alfred Donohue, Wilson, Smith, Cochran, Dickerson
Carl Forsberg, Forsberg & Umlauf PS
Lind Stapley, Soha & Lang
Thomas D Underbrink, Mutual of Enumclaw Insurance Company
This session would be for claims personnel and attorneys in the intermediate to advanced range; however, it would also benefit any neophytes to the CLM program as an introduction to some of the more complex issues that will be discussed. In this panel presentation we will cover background and provide an update in the following areas: 1) Cedell: The Aftermath – Post-Decision Rulings, Application and Spread to other Jurisdictions; 2) IFCA: Litigated Hot Topics; 3) OECAA: Decisions Interpreting the Statute; 4) Analyze Recent Case Law Developments: Washington and Oregon
Back to topPresentation 4 - Regional Insurance Coverage Update (Part 2)
- Speakers:
Joanne Blackburn, Gordon Thomas Honeywell
Alfred Donohue, Wilson, Smith, Cochran, Dickerson
Carl Forsberg, Forsberg & Umlauf PS
Lind Stapley, Soha & Lang
Thomas D Underbrink, Mutual of Enumclaw Insurance Company
Presentation 5 - Product Claims in Construction Matters
- Speakers:
Anne Cohen, The Thenell Law Group
Robert Sheaffer, Engle Martin
Whitney Smith, Wilson, Smith, Cochran, Dickerson
Bryan Templeton, Jensen Hughes, Inc.
