High Stakes Sexual Abuse Cases: Claim Evaluation, Presuit Settlement Negotiation, Discovery, Insurance, Trial
Recording of a 90-minute CLE video webinar with Q&A
This CLE webinar will offer plaintiff and defense counsel involved in high stakes sexual abuse cases direction on case evaluation, presuit settlement negotiations, litigation vs. mediation, discovery, timing, evidentiary issues, insurance, and more.
Outline
- Special considerations when dealing with sexual abuse victims
- Applicable statutes and statutory schemes
- Filing and responding to a lawsuit
- Discovery considerations
- Paper discovery
- Depositions
- Recurring evidentiary issues to anticipate
- Motions in limine
- Trial
- Opening and closing
- Proving the elements of the claims
- Defenses
- Dealing with sympathetic parties
- Addressing damages
- Motions in limine
- Insurance coverage issues
- Navigating parallel criminal proceedings
Benefits
The panel will review these and other issues:
- What are best practices for screening potential claims?
- What are the best practices for litigating potential claims?
- What factors are used to set settlement values for different cases and different survivors within the same case?
- When is the best time for mediation/case resolution?
Faculty
Marshall Gilinsky
Shareholder
Anderson Kill
Mr. Gilinsky is an experienced commercial litigator who applies his complex analysis skills with extensive... | Read More
Mr. Gilinsky is an experienced commercial litigator who applies his complex analysis skills with extensive experience in insurance coverage analysis and litigation and dispute resolution. He is co-chair of his firm’s Sexual Harassment and Abuse Insurance Recovery Group.
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John C. Manly
Founder & Partner
Manly Stewart Finaldi
Mr. Manly is the nation's preeminent attorney representing victims of sexual abuse and assault. Over the past 25... | Read More
Mr. Manly is the nation's preeminent attorney representing victims of sexual abuse and assault. Over the past 25 years, he and his legal team have been heavily involved in the most significant sexual abuse actions litigated across the nation, assisting in the recovery of nearly two billion dollars-through trial and settlement-on behalf sexual abuse victims.
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Kathryn S. (Kate) Whitlock
Attorney
McAngus Goudelock & Courie
Ms. Whitlock has spent her entire career defending and counseling individuals and insurance companies in professional... | Read More
Ms. Whitlock has spent her entire career defending and counseling individuals and insurance companies in professional liability, products liability and premises liability matters. She represents those in the legal, insurance, real estate and education fields. Ms. Whitlock is highly-skilled in the courtroom and alternative dispute forum; she has tried over 100 cases to jury verdict, bench decision and final arbitrator award in state and federal courts. She has been recognized in her practice by The Best Lawyers in America© and Georgia Super Lawyers, and was named among America’s Top Lawyers by The American Law Society in 2018.
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