Learn about the effect of the California Supreme Court’s Howell v. Hamilton Meats decision on valuing medical damages in personal injury lawsuits.
August 20, 2011 by David Newdorf
Filed under Around the Courthouse
The Bar Association of San Francisco is sponsoring a seminar Sept. 28, 2011, on the effects of the recent California Supreme Court decision in Howell v. Hamilton Meats on personal injury litigation.
Topics
• The implications of the California Supreme Court decision in Howell v. Hamilton Meats for valuing medical damages in personal injury cases;
• How the Howell decision affects the selection and use of medical damages experts and changes settlement and trial strategies for plaintiffs and defendants;
• Substantive and procedural questions left unanswered by Howell;
• Analysis of Howell within the broader context of “negotiated rate differentials,” the collateral source rule and differential billing for the insured, uninsured and recipients of Medicare/Medicaid.
Speakers
- Matthew Davis
Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger
- Kelly Dermody
Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
- David Ettinger
Horvitz & Levy LLP
- Philip Leider
Chapman, Popik & White, LLP
- David Newdorf
Newdorf Legal
For more information, follow the link to the BASF seminar flier and sign-up form.
For all of your litigation questions, contact Newdorf Legal, a San Francisco business litigation law firm.