8:00 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast (provided)
8:30 a.m.
Welcome and Attendee Questions – Problem Areas
Conference Moderator: H. Douglas Jones, Esq., Jones at JSB Attorney PLLC
• What brought you to this conference?
• Opportunity for attendees to pose questions and identify problem areas.
All questions/problem areas will be addressed during the conference.
9:00 a.m.
Compensability Issues That Make a Difference
H. Douglas Jones, Esq.
• How do you effectively address work-relatedness and medical causation?
• What pre-existing conditions reduce exposure?
• Are medical fee disputes worth the time and expense?
• How do you avoid Permanent Total Disability exposure – The fatal arrow in the heart?
• What is the economic impact of post-injury light-duty versus full-duty?
• What constitutes pre-employment fraud and grounds for dismissal?
10:30 a.m.
Question and Answer
H. Douglas Jones, Esq.
Answer questions previously raised, clarify topics presented, and answer additional questions.
11:00 a.m.
State-of-Art Risk Management Strategies That Work
Mike Randall, Environmental Health & Safety Specialist, Toyotetsu America, Inc.
• Topics will focus on cutting-edge strategies that are working, with objective measures.
• Implementation and organizational steps will be discussed in detail.
• The presentation will be interactive.
12:00 p.m.
Lunch (provided)
1:00 p.m.
Employment Law Updates Critical to Workers’ Compensation Claims
Robert D. Hudson, Esq., Labor & Employment Attorney, Frost Brown Todd
• Will address workers’ compensation ramifications associated with ADA, FMLA, retaliatory discharge, and termination.
2:30 p.m.
Panel Presentation – Key Frankfort Updates
Scott C. Wilhoit, Esq., Commissioner, Kentucky Department of Workers’ Claims
Hon. Douglas W. Gott, Chief Administrative Law Judge, Kentucky Department of Workers’ Claims
• Includes question and answer session with attendees.
3:30 p.m.
Settlement Strategies
H. Douglas Jones, Esq.
• How do you achieve a full and final settlement of all workers’ compensation claims and benefits?
• Strategies to effectuate a global settlement of ancillary claims – retaliatory discharge, discrimination, wrongful termination, ADA, etc.
4:15 p.m.
Advanced Workers’ Compensation Seminar Adjourns