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Claims Management Techniques in Workers' Compensation Cases

Friday, January 8, 2010

Time: 1:00 pm ET (12:00 pm CT, 11:00 am MT, 10:00 am PT)

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

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Registration: $199.00

Registration - Teleconference plus CD: $268.00

Sponsored by Lorman Education Services

The aftermath of a workplace accident produces difficult and costly ramifications for management personnel in all business and industries. Many parties are involved in every aspect of a claim, including your insurance carrier or servicing agent and counsel, but each of them has to be dealt with in a very different manner. You will learn how to successfully investigate an accident and use this information to communicate with these parties, as well as gain the necessary tools to effectively address the issues that arise after an on the job injury.

AGENDA

Accident Investigation

  • What Constitutes Notice of Injury?
  • Documentations and Witness Preservation
  • Assessment of Allegations: 'Does This Make Sense?'

Interaction With Insurance Carrier or Servicing Agent

  • What Information Does Your Claims Representative Need?
  • Who Is in Charge of the Case?
  • Appropriate and Inappropriate Input

Interaction With Counsel

  • Ethical Considerations: Communication With the Represented Employee
  • Communication With Defense Counsel: Whose Lawyer Is It?

Post-Injury Re-Employment

  • The Good – Mitigation of Loss
  • The Bad – Risks Inherent With Re-Employing the Injured Worker
  • The Ugly – Subsequent Accident and Employee Morale

Managing the Managers

  • Education and Training
  • Management Culture
WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Human resource managers, attorneys, benefits managers, safety directors, compliance officers, insurance professionals, business owners and managers, payroll professionals, accountants and controllers

FACULTY

Christian A. Davis, Esq., Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby, LLP
Mark S. Setaro, Esq., Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby, LLP

Christian A. Davis, Esq.

  • Partner with the Philadelphia office of Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby, LLP
  • Devotes his practice to defending or prosecuting Pennsylvania workers’ compensation matters on behalf of self-insureds, insurance carriers and third-party administrators
  • Member of the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar Associations, and serves as the legislative liaison for the Workers’ Compensation Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association
  • Frequent lecturer on workers’ compensation matters
  • Frequent contributor to the Pennsylvania Self Insurers Association Workers’ Compensation Newsletter
  • Graduate, cum laude, University of Pittsburgh and Widener University School of Law where he was the citation editor for The Widener Journal of Public Law
  • Contact him at 215-972-7905 or cdavis@wglaw.com.


Mark S. Setaro, Esq.

  • Partner in the Cherry Hill, New Jersey, office of Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby, LLP
  • Concentrates his practice on the defense of workers’ compensation claims and defends claims involving numerous national insurance carriers and third-party administrators
  • Member of the New Jersey State Bar Association where he currently serves on the executive committee of the Workers’ Compensation Section
  • Lectured and authored numerous materials on all aspects of workers’ compensation law
  • Part of the first group of attorneys who received their certification by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a workers’ compensation law attorney
  • Graduate, Seton Hall Law School where he was a member of the law review
  • Contact him at 856-779-6010 or msetaro@wglaw.com.
TELECONFERENCE OVERVIEW
* 60-90-minute seminar (Travel-Free) delivered over the phone.
* Unlimited listeners per connection - bring the entire department.
* 10-minute Q&A session with the experts.
* A professionally prepared reference manual.
* Continuing education credits available for most teleconferences
CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS

Sponsored by Lorman Education Services

  • AIPB
  • CCM
  • CLE (Please check the "Detailed Credit Information" page for states that have already been approved)
  • CPE
  • HRCI
  • HRPD
  • PACE

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