Series Anticipated CLE Credits: 4 General; 4 Appellate Practice Certification; 4 Civil Trial Certification
Dates Occurred: 3/1/2023-12/15/2023 | Expiration Dates: 9/30/2024-6/30/2025

Program Chair: Thomas J. Seider | Brannock Humphries & Berman, P.A., Tampa

Recordings and related materials will be accessible in your online classroom upon purchase.

ABOUT THE WEBINAR SERIES
FJA’s Case Law Insider series is back! This CLE program will focus on significant appellate cases—both good and bad—and will enlist the lawyers who handled those cases to serve as presenters. The goal is to allow FJA’s appellate lawyers, among the very best in the State, to share their unique perspective on the decisions that will impact your practices the most. You won’t want to miss this four-part series.

• Pre-Injury Exculpatory Clauses (March 1, 2023)
  CLE Credits: 1 General; 1 Appellate Practice Certification; 1 Civil Trial Certification
  Speakers: Julie H. Littky-Rubin | Clark, Fountain, La Vista, Prather & Littky-Rubin, LLP, Palm Beach Gardens
  Shana P. Nogues | Clark, Fountain, La Vista, Prather & Littky-Rubin, LLP, Palm Beach Gardens
  This installation of FJA’s Ask an Insider focuses on the trial background, the appellate litigation, and how the law might develop in the future related to the Harrell v. BMS Partners case, which the Fourth DCA issued late last year. Speakers will discuss the context from which the case arose (a dealer including an exculpatory clause in the purchase agreement involving a defective motorcycle), how to “tee up” the issue for trial and appellate purposes, bases for attacking these clauses, and how the decision may be applied to defeat these clauses in future cases
  
  
• Confronting Clooney (June 27, 2023)
  CLE Credits: 1 General; 1 Appellate Practice Certification; 1 Civil Trial Certification
  Speakers: Andrew A. Harris and Grace M. Streicher | Harris Appeals, P.A., Palm Beach Gardens
  Clooney v. Geeting is an infamous decision that protects an employer from direct-negligence counts so long as the employer admits vicarious liability. Andrew and Grace discuss their appellate experience navigating Clooney, explaining when—and if—employers may be called to account for their own negligence.
  
  
• Avoid a “Vertical” Worker’s Compensation Defense | Ongoing Appellate Litigation: Federal Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act (October 6, 2023)
  CLE Credits: 1 General; 1 Appellate Practice Certification; 1 Civil Trial Certification
  Speaker: Jeffrey V. Mansell | Burlington & Rockenbach, West Palm Beach
  Jeff will present on two recent decisions that every plaintiff’s lawyer should know. Jeff will explain how he avoided a “vertical” worker’s compensation defense in Galue v. Clopay, and he will also discuss the status of ongoing appellate litigation over whether the Federal Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act (PSQIA) prevents med-mal plaintiffs from discovering incident reports.
  
  
• Complexities of a Medical Malpractice Case (May 21, 2024)
  CLE Credits: TBD
  Speakers:Kristin A. Norse and Brandon K. Breslow | Kynes, Markman & Felman, P.A., Tampa
  This installation of FJA’s Ask an Insider will will provide an overview of the trial and appeal in a complex medical malpractice case resulting in catastrophic injury, Crohan v. Cogent Healthcare of Jacksonville, LLC. Kristin and Brandon will discuss lessons learned in roles providing trial support and as appellate counsel, including the best ways to keep a complex case on track, thwarting attempts at an eleventh-hour Fabre defense, the continued viability of Stuart v. Hertz, and avoiding certain pitfalls.

• $100 - Online Streaming (Entire Four-Part Series)
  Recordings and materials are available directly from the online classroom after they are presented live and production completed.