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July 2010 Workers’ Compensation Legal Issues and Defense Strategies: Connecting the Dots: 2010 & Beyond

July 19, 2010: Hyannis, MA

Executive Summary: This is a course for non-lawyers. At this unique preconference, workers’ compensation and occupational health professionals will, for the first time, be provided with an in-depth learning experience covering the most
critical aspects of workers’ compensation law, practice, and strategy. They will understand the key legal issues commonly
encountered in workers’ compensation and how and why these issues affect best practices in defending workers’ compensation claims. The learning methodology is interactive and the attendees will be provided with checklists and participate in hands on exercises.

Learning Objectives: At the completion of this workshop you will learn:
• Who is and is not covered under a workers’ compensation act.
• The distinguishing nature of independent contractors and other non-covered workers.
• How to determine compensability and how to utilize this information in the defense of a claim.
• The compensability of numerous common occupational injuries, diseases, and claims.
• How causation is determined and how it should be used to defend and win cases.
• The criteria utilized to determine the nature and extent of disability.
• How to prove symptom magnification, malingering, and fraud.
• The use and abuse of surveillance.
• How to work with consultants.
• How to bring closure to cases.
• The cost-effective use of IMEs.
• Investigation of claims.
• How to win the contested workers’ compensation case.

Faculty: Stephen Hessert, Esq. graduated magna cum laude from Bowdoin College and earned his JD
from the University of Maine School of Law, where he served as an editor of the Maine Law Review. An
expert in workers’ compensation and civil litigation, he frequently lectures to employers and attorneys on
labor law and topics related to state and federal workers’ compensation statutes. Attorney Hessert has a
special interest and experience in the trial of psychological injury and occupational disease workers’
compensation claims. He is the chairperson of the Workers’ Compensation Section of the Maine State
Bar Association. Attorney Hessert is a member of the steering committee of the Workers’ Compensation Section of the
American Law Firm Association; the Cumberland County, Maine State and American Bar Associations; and the Defense
Research and Trial Lawyers Association. Stephen is active in community affairs in Cumberland, Maine.

John W. Valente, Esq. is a trial lawyer with the Rutland, Vermont law firm of Ryan, Smith & Carbine, LTD.
He received his BA from Boston College and his JD from Suffolk University School of Law. Attorney
Valente has written and lectured extensively on all aspects of workers’ compensation defense. Attorney
Valente is a member of the Defense Research Institute, Society for Human Resource Management and
Vermont Bar Association Workers’ Compensation Committee. Attorney Valente is the author of Avoiding
Workers’ Compensation Aggravation and Workers’ Compensation Practice and Procedure and Workers’
Compensation Fraud, and Understanding Workers’ Compensation, Managing Workplace Injuries and Lowering Costs.

Price: $395.00