HarrisMartin's MDL Conference: Infant Formula & Gardasil

7:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.

Registration

8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Welcome By Co-Chairs

Bryan F. Aylstock, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, PLLC, Pensacola, FL
E. Samuel Geisler, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, PLLC, Pensacola, FL
Michael L. Baum, Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman, Los Angeles

9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Abbott Recall: How Will It Play Out?

• How is This Similar to Past Contaminated Food Cases, How Is It Different?
• Liability Update
• Theories of Liability
• Approaches to Economic Loss
• Intake Criteria
• Preview of JPML Arguments

Patrick Luff, Luff Law Firm, PLLC, Dallas
Paul Doolittle, Anastopoulo Law Firm, Charleston, SC
E. Samuel Geisler, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis, & Overholtz PLLC, Pensacola, FL
David Silverman, Schlesinger Law Offices, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL
Marjorie H. Levine, Romano Law Group, West Palm Beach, FL

10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

Refreshment Break

10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

Abbott Recall: The Science

• Cronobacter: What It Is, Why It’s A Powdered Infant Formula Problem
• Daubert –– Food Contamination Rulings
• Anticipating Abbott’s Defenses
• Causation

Kristian Rasmussen, Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman, PLLC, Knoxville, TN
Kim Channick, Walsh Law, Washington, DC
Caitlyn Prichard Miller, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis, & Overholtz PLLC, Pensacola, FL

11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Infant Formula NEC Litigation

• The Science Behind the Claims
• Current State-Of-Play – MDL and State Court
• The Specific Claims - Failure to Warn and Design Defect
• Intake Challenges and Opportunities - Selection Criteria, Vetting, TAM

E. Samuel Geisler, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis, & Overholtz PLLC, Pensacola, FL
Stacy Hauer, Johnson // Becker, PLLC, St. Paul, MN
Kim Channick, Walsh Law, Washington, DC
Caitlyn Prichard Miller, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis, & Overholtz PLLC, Pensacola, FL

12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Lunch

1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.

Gardasil Litigation

• Overview of the Litigation
• Number of Cases
• Discussion of the Injury
• State and Federal Courts
• MDL Petition

Michael L. Baum, Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman, Los Angeles
Bijan Esfandiari, Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman, Los Angeles
Christopher L. Coffin, Pendley, Baudin & Coffin, New Orleans
Tracy L. Turner, Pendley, Baudin & Coffin, Columbus, OH

2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Gardasil and Autoimmune Injury: Diving Into the Science

Moderator: R. Brent Wisner, Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman, Greenbrae, CA

Speakers: Andrew D. Downing, Downing, Allison & Jorgenson, Phoenix
Bijan Esfandiari, Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman, Los Angeles

3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Refreshment Break

3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.

Social Media Litigation – Addiction, Algorithms, and Adolescents

Joseph VanZandt, Beasley Allen Law Firm, Montgomery, AL
Bradley D. Honnold, Goza & Honnold, Overland Park, KS
Glenn S. Draper, Social Media Victims Law Center, Seattle

4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.

Networking Cocktail Reception

Networking Cocktail Reception Sponsored by Western Alliance Bank.