ALI-ABA Telephone Seminar Cruise Ship Cases: What Personal Injury Lawyers Need to Know May 21, 2007 Live Telephone/Audio Webcast TABLE OF CONTENTS PROGRAM FACULTY PARTICIPANTS FACULTY BIOGRAPHIES STUDY MATERIAL 1. Cruise Ship Cases: What Personal Injury Lawyers Need to Know By David W. Brill, Jonathan B. Aronson, Juan M.Garcia, Leigh McMillan Page ix xi xiii 1
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ALI-ABA Telephone Seminar Cruise Ship Cases: What Personal Injury Lawyers Need to Know May 21, 2007 Live Telephone/Audio Webcast
PROGRAM
All Times Eastern Daylight 12:00 noon Introductions: Cruise Ship Cases: What Personal Injury Lawyers Need To Know — Panel Discussion Discussion Topics Include: Identification of a Valid Case Applicable Law Highlights of General Maritime Law One Year Ticket Limitation Negligence Standards Joint & Several Liability Forum Selection Clause Contract of Passage Concessionaire Liability Sexual Assaults Shipboard Medical Negligence Valuation Questions & Answers 1:30 p.m. Adjournment
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PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Eastern National Teleseminar/Webcast Adjournment 12:00 noon 1:30 p.m. Central 11:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m. Mountain 10:00 a.m. 11:30 a.m. Pacific & Arizona 9:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Alaska 8:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. Hawaii 6:00 a.m. 7:30 a.m.
SCOPE AND PURPOSE
Suggested Prerequisite: Personal Injury (plaintiff or defense) case experience. No maritime law experience is required. Level of Instruction: Intermediate Educational Objectives: Maintenance of professional competence as a practitioner; development of new field of legal practice. Total 60-minute hours of instruction: 1.5. Total 50-minute hours, 1.8.
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ALI-ABA Telephone Seminar Cruise Ship Cases: What Personal Injury Lawyers Need to Know May 21 , 2007 Live Telephone/Audio Webcast PLANNING CHAIR David W. Brill, Esquire Downs Brill Whitehead 1 SW 129th Ave Ste 305 Mercantile Bank Building Pembroke Pines, FL 33027 FACULTY Jonathan B. Aronson, Esquire Rodriguez, Aronson & Essington, PA 2121 Ponce de Leon Blvd Ste 730 Miami, FL 33134-5222 Domingo C. Rodriguez, Esquire Rodriguez, Aronson & Essington, PA 2121 Ponce de Leon Blvd Ste 730 Miami, FL 33134-5222
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FACULTY BIOGRAPHIES Planning Chair David W. Brill, Pembroke Pines, Florida Downs Brill Whitehead David W. Brill is a principal in the Florida firm of Downs Brill Whitehead & Sage. The firm’s main office is in Miami. A former assistant state attorney, Mr. Brill is graduate of Franklin & Marshall College and the University of Miami Law School. Mr. Brill handles cases in the fields of Cruise Ship accidents, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Automobile Negligence, Slip and Fall, Negligent Security, Workers' Compensation, Nursing Home Negligence, Elder Law, Medical Malpractice Law, Insurance, Sexual Harassment, Civil Rights, Discrimination, Burn Victims, Class Action and Catastrophic Disasters. Mr. Brill lectures frequently on personal injury topics including cruise ship law, and is a strong supporter of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers. Faculty Jonathan B. Aronson, Miami, Florida Rodriguez, Aronson & Essington, PA Jonathan B. Aronson has extensive jury trial experience and specializes in insurance and tort litigation coverage issues and defense work for property, casualty insurers, cruise and other marine industries. He is experienced in defending cruise line passenger claims, seaman's claims, and other maritime tort claims, and with general liability, bodily injury, personal injury and personal injury protection claims. He is a shareholder in the Florida law firm of Rodriguez, Aronson & Essington, P.A. Mr. Aronson is a graduate of Washington University and the University of Florida School of Law. Mr. Aronson is a principal in Rodriguez, Aronson & Essington, P.A., in Miami. Domingo C. Rodriguez, Miami, Florida Rodriguez, Aronson & Essington, PA Domingo C. Rodriguez practices primarily in the fields of admiralty, maritime, insurance and tort law. Mr. Rodriguez is experienced in defending cruise line passenger claims, seaman's claims, other maritime tort claims and carriage of goods claims, including appellate practice. Mr. Rodriguez is a Florida Supreme Court Certified Mediator and a Qualified Arbitrator, and frequently lectures on maritime and admiralty issues at maritime and legal seminars. Mr. Rodriguez is a principal in Rodriguez, Aronson & Essignton, P.A., in Miami.
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