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6th Annual Accident Benefit Program:
AB LAWYERS LOOKING FOR A NEW HOME – WHERE IS THAT LAT ANYWAY?
April 24, 2015 - Hyatt Regency 370 King St W, Toronto
Chairs: Eric K. Grossman, Zarek Taylor Grossman Hanrahan LLP
Adam Wagman, Howie Sacks Henry LLP
8:00am – 9:00am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00am – 9:05am
Welcome from Your Co-Chairs
9:05am-9:30am
Frankly, Scarlett Redux………We may need a Grenade Launcher to Knock out this
MIG
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9:30am – 9:55am
Henry, Simser and the New Regulation Continue to Incur the Wrath of the Plaintiff’s
Bar – Is the Form 1 the Beginning or the End of the Discussion of what is owed for
attendant care? Redux from Last Year – is it better or worse now?
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9:55am- 10:15am
Robert Durante – Oatley Vigmond LLP
Pamela Quesnel, Evans Philp LLP
The Clock Stops Now, No Now, I Mean Now: The New Interest Provisions,
Strategies and Implications
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10:40am-11:15am
Joseph Campisi, Campisi LLP
Kimberley Tye, Desjardins Legal Department
Allan Wynperle, Wynperle Law
Jonathan Schrieder, Reisler Franklin LLP
Is that IE Better Used for Toilet Paper when Camping: Are Process Problems Eroding
the
Reliability
of
Assessment
Reports?
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Dr. Howard Seiden, Seiden Health
Corrina Colquhoun, Accident Benefits Line Manager, Economical Insurance
Moderated by Adam Wagman and Eric Grossman
10:50am -11:05am
Morning Break
11:05am – 11:30am
I Feel So Conflicted Bringing this Up, But…..Consolidation in the Field of
Independent Adjusters and Independent Examiners – The Sniff Test Works if You
Hold Your Nose
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David Wilson, David S. Wilson Professional Corporation
Anna Marie Musson, Miller Thomson LLP
6th Annual Accident Benefit Program:
AB LAWYERS LOOKING FOR A NEW HOME – WHERE IS THAT LAT ANYWAY?
April 24, 2015 - Hyatt Regency 370 King St W, Toronto
11:30am – 12:15pm
CAT: Is this the new Home on the Range? Clearly Toto, we’re not in Kansas
anymore: Is Taylor and Moser the End of the Discussion of Ranges under the Guides
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Kimberley Munro, Lerners LLP
Dan Rosenkrantz, Sullivan Festeryga LLP
Dr. Harold Becker, Omega Medical Associates
12:15pm -1:15pm
LUNCH
1:15pm- 2:00pm
How Much LATitude Will there Be at this New Tribunal? – How Much Do We Know,
What Can We Guess About What it Will Look Like and Will We Like It?
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2:00pm – 2:30pm
Alex Voudouris, Pace Law Firm
Kadey Schultz, Hughes Amys
Willie Handler, Willie Handler and Associates
Michael Hart, Desjardins General Insurance Group
I Will See You In Court – or Will I? The Loss of the Right to Sue Under Bill 15: For
Whom the Claim Tolls
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Steve Rastin, Rastin and Associates
Jennifer Griffiths, Zarek Taylor Grossman Hanrahan LLP
Joseph Campisi, Campisi LLP
2:30pm – 2:45pm
Afternoon Break
2:45pm – 3:30pm
To Hell With DR – Lets Cash This Out: Mediating the AB Cash Out
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3:30pm – 4:20pm
Things I Wish I Knew Then That I Have Learned on this Job: Hear from Judges who
had active roles in the accident benefit system before being appointed
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4: 20pm- 4:30pm
Ivan Luxenberg, M&F Mediations
Andrew Murray, Lerners LLP
Jamie R. Pollack, Laxton Glass LLP
Phil Thorpe, McKellar Structured Settlements Inc
Madam. Justice Deena Baltman, Supreme Court of Justice
Mr. Justice John McCarthy
Mr. Justice Grant Dow
Moderated by Eric Grossman and Adam Wagman
Prize Draw, Closing Remarks
RECEPTION 4:30 - 6:00 pm