Conference Agenda
Day 1, Friday, September 21, 2012
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast and Registration
Breakfast Sponsored by Pohlman USA Court Reporting
8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Welcome By Co-Chairs
John A. Barnerd, Simmons Browder Gianaris Angelides & Barnerd LLC, Alton, IL
Brenda G. Baum, HeplerBroom LLC, Edwardsville, IL
8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
OSHA: Applications to Asbestos Litigation
• OSHA’s Risk Assessments
• Early Protection Against Cancer
• Competent person standard
• Small scale exemption
• Gaskets and packing
• Document retention
J. Conard Metcalf, Simmons Browder Gianaris Angelides & Barnerd LLC, Alton, IL
Mark G. Zellmer, Husch Blackwell LLC, St. Louis
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Recent Developments in Arkansas Asbestos Cases
Earl Buddy Chadick Jr., Bassett Law Firm, LLP, Fayetteville, AR
Russell B. Winburn, Odom Law Firm, Fayetteville, AR
10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Life after Kurns v. Railroad Friction Products Corp.
• What claims are preempted?
• What remains to be decided?
• What is currently pending?
• MDL
• State court cases
Kenneth P. Danzinger, Simmons Browder Gianaris Angelides & Barnerd LLC, Alton, IL
Larry D. Ottaway, Foliart Huff Ottaway & Bottom, Oklahoma City, OK
10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Minnesota Law Update
• Active Jurisdictions
• New Developments
• Important Decisions
Michael R. Strom, Sieben Polk Law Firm, Hastings, MN
David E. Scouton, Foley & Mansfield, Minneapolis
11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Novel Strategies for Targeting Mesothelioma
Dr. Faris Farassati, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Cook County, Illinois Asbestos Litigation: Docket and Procedures
Edward Casmere, Schiff Hardin LLP, Chicago
Kevin J. Conway, Cooney and Conway, Chicago
2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Damages From a Defense and Plaintiff Perspective
• The types of damages offered under IL law
• The importance of the economic expert
Allyson Romani, Shrader & Associates, LLP, Glen Carbon, IL
Michael Schag, Heyl Royster, Edwardsville, IL
2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Madison County, Illinois Asbestos Docket Procedures and Mediation
Judge Clarence Harrison, Associate Judge, Illinois 3rd Judicial Circuit Court, Madison County, Edwardsville, IL
Barry Julian, Gori Julian & Associates, P.C., Edwardsville, IL
George Kiser, HeplerBroom LLC, Edwardsville, IL
3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Refreshment Break
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
lllinois Appellate Decisions: A Year in Review
Bill Kohlburn, Simmons Firm, Alton, IL
Patrick W. Stufflebeam, HeplerBroom LLC, Edwardsville, IL
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Issues in Missouri Asbestos Cases
Bart Baumstark, O'Brien Law Firm, P.C., St. Louis
Raymond R. Fournie, Armstrong Teasdale, St. Louis
4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Medicare: What's New for 2012
Michelle Prince, Garretson Resolution Group, Charlotte, NC