Breakout on Multi-State

Workers’ Compensation Laws

 

8:30 – 3:00 pm    

Grand Ballroom 8

Convention Level

 

8:30 – 12:00 pm  

State Workers’ Compensation System: A Comparison

 

Moderator:

Thomas S. Thornton, III, Attorney

Carr, Allison, Pugh, Howard, Oliver & Sisson, P.C.

Birmingham, AL

 

Panel:

Kenneth A. David, Attorney

Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP

Atlanta, GA

 

David W. Noblit, Attorney

Leitner, Williams, Dooley & Napolitan, PLLC

Chattanooga, TN

 

J. Russell Goudelock II, Attorney

McAngus, Goudelock & Courie, LLC

Columbia, SC

 

Back by popular demand, we are pleased to announce the return of the Multi-State Breakout Session for the 2006 Conference.  As was apparent from the attendance from the 2005 session, many adjusters and risk managers from Florida and throughout the country have the responsibility of handling workers’ compensation claims in multiple jurisdictions, especially in the Southeast.  We are pleased to announce that we have decided to expand this year’s session.  In addition to the attorneys who presented last year and defend workers’ compensation claims in Alabama (Thomas Thornton), Georgia (Ken David) and Tennessee (David Noblit), we have added a representative from South Carolina (Rusty Goudelock) to the program as well.  We know this half-day breakout will again be as entertaining and informative as it was in 2005!

 

1:00 – 3:00 pm    

Hottest Issues in Georgia Workers’ Compensation

 

Honorable David Imahara

Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation

Director of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Division

Atlanta, GA

 

Kathleen Oliver

Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation

Deputy Chief Operating Officer

Atlanta, GA

 

This session will provide information to attendees on the Integrated Claim Management System Update…where we are now and what you can expect in the next 12 months.  How will it affect your claims operation?  Georgia Law, Rules & Regulation and Form changes that became effective July 1, 2006 will be discussed. 

 

Mediations and Hearings- What do Board Mediators and judges look for and expect from the claims administrator?  What does the judge need to make an informed decision?  New case law-how will it impact your cases?