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2008 PROGRAM |
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Friday PM - April 4, 2008 |
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| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
Registration and Syllabus Distribution | |
| 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm |
Taking, Defending and Giving Expert Witness Testimony at Deposition |
Kenneth P. Roye, Esq., Chico, CA Garry Hubert, Esq., Hubert and Yasutake, Concord, CA Alan J. Jang. Esq., Buresh, Kaplan, Jang & Feller, Berkeley, CA Randy W. Gimple, Esq. of Carlson, Calladine and Peterson, San Francisco, CA Lisa Oller, MOA Reporters, Sacramento, CA |
Saturday AM - April 5, 2008 |
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| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Liability Insurance Policy Coverage Issues in Wildland Fire Litigation |
James H. Wilkins , Esq., Wilkins, Drolshagen & Czeshinski, Fresno, CA |
| Current Trends in Wildland Fire Investigations | Gary L. White, White & Associates, Bend, OR Paul Steensland, Grants Pass, OR |
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| 10:00 am - 11:00 am |
Impact of Bankruptcies Upon Fire Litigation | Dave Caplan, Esq. Chapel Hill, NC and San Francisco, CA |
| A System Level Approach to Managing The Risk of Powerline Contacts by Trees | Siegfried Guggenmoos Ecological Soliutions, Inc., Alberta, Canada |
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| 11:00 am - 12:00 pm |
Non-Delegable Duties, Peculiar Doctrine, Negligence Per Se, Res Ipsa and Tort-In-Essence | Kenneth P. Roye, Esq., Chico, CA Garry Hubert, Esq., Hubert and Yasutake, Concord, CA Alan J. Jang. Esq., Buresh, Kaplan, Jang & Feller, Berkeley, CA Randy W. Gimple, Esq. of Carlson, Calladine and Peterson, San Francisco, CA |
| ICS for Attorneys and Insurance Companies | Gary L. White, White & Associates, Bend, OR Paul Steensland, Grants Pass, OR Danny Nichols, Fire Litigation Consulting, Oroville, CA |
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12:00 to 1:30 Lunch Break |
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| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm |
Preserving Your Appeal |
Brendon Ishikawa, Esq., Davis, CA |
| Photogramatry and Aerial Photography as Evidence. | Christopher Curtis, CBC Surveys, Sacramento, CA |
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| 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm |
Practical Approaches to Negotiating Damages Claims in Wildland Fire Cases | Prof. Wes Higbie, Esq., University of California, Berkely - Dept. of Environmental Science Policy and Management William G. Apger, Esq., Attorney and RPF, Chico, CA |
| Dendrochronology, A Forensic Tool | Thomas Harlan, Tucson, AZ | |
| 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm |
Professional Responsibility Issues in Fire Litigation | Michael E. Wine, Esq., W. Covina, CA Jerome Fishkin, Esq., Fishkin Slater, LLP, Walnut Creek, CA |
| Securing The Fire Scene and Preserving Evidence | Jim L. Nanamkin
Doug Allen, Fire Investigator, Running Springs, CA |
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Sunday - April 6, 2008 |
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| 9:00 am - 10:00 am |
Environmental Restoration Planning and Costs-Basis of a Damage Claim | John Harris, Landscape Economics, Hollywood, FL |
10:00 am - |
Metallurgical Failure Analysis of Powerline Equipment |
Dr. Les Hendrickson, Phd., Phoenix, AZ |
11:00 am |
Closing Comments and Adjournment |
Kenneth P. Roye, Esq., Chico, CA |