Catastrophic Personal Injury Cases: Proving your Case & Protecting Your Vulnerable Client’s Interests

Chaired by Paul McGivern QC & Dr. Manraj Heran 

About This Course:
This conference is for any personal injury lawyer dealing with catastrophic injury cases for children and adults. It addresses key concepts in brain injury and spinal cord injury, as well how to assemble and admit the expert evidence you need to prove your client's case. Faculty will address the important underlying psychological issues unique to certain health care specialists and how to obtain the best results from your experts. The nuances of settling cases for minors and for adults without capacity will also be addressed.

Program Topics:

9:00 - 9:10 am - Opening Remarks

Panel: Expert Evidence

9:10 - 9:30 am - Tips on how to find qualified, unbiased medical experts in catastrophic injury cases, working with experts, the expert report, etc.
PAUL MCGIVERN QC, Pacific Medical Law Corporation, Vancouver

9:30 - 10:00 am - Discussion of introducing expert evidence at trial, limits on direct examination of expert witnesses (White Burgess)
CHIEF JUSTICE HINKSON, Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver

10:00 - 10:20 am - Looking into the personalities of health care providers re: area of expertise and specialty and how to get the best out of a certain specialist. Top 5 experts’ medical error.
CHRIS ROKOSH, Connect Medical Legal Experts, Calgary

10:20 - 10:45 am - Q&A

10:45 - 11:00 am - Coffee break

Panel: Settling Cases For Vulnerable Clients - Minors and Adults Lacking Capacity

11:00 - 11:30 am - Protecting the rights of minors when settling cases
BARBARA LEGATE, Legate Personal Injury Lawyers, London (ON)

11:30 am - 12:00 pm - Approval of settlements for minors and clients who lack capacity from the perspective of the Office of the PG&T
DANA KINGSBURY, Deputy of Public Guardian and Trustee, Vancouver

12:00 - 12:20 pm - Q&A

12:20 - 1:00 pm - Lunch

Panel: Brain Injury

1:00 - 1:30 pm - Understanding brain injury – what does the imaging show and what does it mean for your client? What to do when your client’s traumatic brain injury does not show up on imaging?
DR. MANRAJ HERAN, Vancouver General Hospital - Department of Radiology, Vancouver

1:30 - 2:00 pm - Clinical indicia of traumatic brain injury and how this may assist with diagnosis, treatment and prognosis
DR. JAMES SCHMIDT, Schmidt Trentadue & Associates, Langley

2:00 - 2:20 pm - Q&A

2:20 - 2:30 pm - Coffee Break

Panel: Spinal Cord Injury

2:30 - 3:00 pm - Spinal Cord Injury
DR. NAVRAJ HERAN, New Westminster

3:00 - 3:30 pm - Spinal Cord Injury
STEPHEN MADER, Artery Studios, Toronto

3:30 - 3:50 pm - Q&A

Panel: The Physician's Perspective on Why Medical Errors Occur and Their Impact on the Physician

3:50 - 4:40 pm - When we do harm - the doctor’s perspective of error 
CHRIS ROKOSH, Connect Medical Legal Experts, Calgary
DR. LAURA HAMBLEY, Calgary Career Counselling, Calgary

4:40 - 4:55 pm - Q&A

4:55 - 5:00 pm - Closing Remarks

By registering for this conference, you agree to allow TLABC to include your name, firm and city in the seminar roster. If you do not wish to be included in this list, please contact us at 604-682-5343.

Credits:
LSBC Continuing Professional Development: This seminar qualifies for six hours of structured legal education for 2020, including one embedded hour of ethics.

Disclaimer
These presentations and any accompanying materials are intended for the sole use of the registrant. It is not permitted to reproduce and/or share in any format without the express written permission of Trial Lawyers Association of BC. By registering, you agree with the aforementioned terms and conditions.

Cancellations received at the TLABC office by 23 November 2020 will be subject to a $50 administration fee. After 23 November 2020 requests for refunds will not be honoured. Substitutes are always welcome. TLABC reserves the right to cancel or reschedule courses, refuse admission or change speakers, location or content.