WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2019
8:00 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast (provided)
8:30 a.m. | Welcome and Legislative Update
Kate Shanks, Vice President, Public Affairs, Kentucky Chamber of Commerce
8:45 a.m. | The Basics Every Employer Should Know
H. Douglas Jones, Esq.; Mark W. Howard, Esq.; and Troy W. Skeens, Esq. Jones Howard Law, PLLC
• Definition of Injury
• Work-Relatedness
• Medical Causation
• Unexplained Falls
• Notice of Injury
• Cumulative Trauma
• Average Weekly Wage
• Temporary Total Disability
• Pre-existing Conditions
• Accident and Claim Investigation
• Litigation Process
10:30 a.m. | House Bill 2 and Kentucky Case Law Update
H. Douglas Jones, Esq.; Mark W. Howard, Esq.; and Troy W. Skeens, Esq. Jones Howard Law, PLLC
• House Bill 2 – Major Reform Legislation
• Case Law Update
12:00 p.m. | Lunch (provided)
1:00 p.m. | Forensic Psychiatry
Timothy J. Allen, M.D., Psychiatrist, Lexington Forensic Psychiatry
• What is Forensic Psychiatry?
• Cognitive Loss and Evaluation
• Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Claims
2:00 p.m. | ADA and FMLA Update – Workers’ Compensation Interplay
Robert D. Hudson, Esq., Labor & Employment Attorney, Frost Brown Todd LLC
• ADA and FMLA Update – As Relates to Workers’ Compensation Claims
• Competing Interests” and Employer Pitfalls When Managing Labor and Workers’ Compensation Claims
3:15 p.m. | An Update from Frankfort
Robert L. Swisher, Commissioner, Kentucky Department of Workers’ Claims
• Evidence-based Treatment Guidelines
• Drug Formulary
• Q & A Session
4:30 p.m. | Day One Adjourns
THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2019
8:00 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast (provided)
8:30 a.m. | Presentation of Mock Case Facts, Evidence and Issues
H. Douglas Jones, Esq.; Mark W. Howard, Esq.; and Troy W. Skeens, Esq. Jones Howard Law, PLLC
9:00 a.m. | Basic Workers’ Compensation Disability Benefits
Mark W. Howard, Esq., Jones Howard Law, PLLC
• Temporary Total Disability (TTD)
• Permanent Total Disability (PTD)
• Permanent Partial Disability (PPD)
• Basic Benefit Calculations
10:15 a.m. | Settlement Strategies
H. Douglas Jones, Esq., Jones Howard Law, PLLC
• Full and Final Settlements of all Claims – Including Future Medicals
• Periodic/Weekly Settlements
• “Global Settlements” of Multiple Claims – Workers’ Compensation; ADA; Discrimination and Wrongful Discharge
• General Release and Separation Agreement
11:00 a.m. | Risk Management Strategies – That Work
Matt Carter, CESCO, EHS Director, Novolex
• EHS – Team Approach
12:00 p.m. | Lunch (provided)
1:00 p.m. | Interactive Mock Case Presentation
John J. Larkin, M.D. Orthopaedic Surgeon, OrthoCincy
• Analysis of Medical Evidence – Mock Injury Claim
• Q & A’s with Jones Howard Law Attorneys – From Perspective of Employer and Employee
2:15 p.m. | Settlement Authority and Negotiations
H. Douglas Jones, Esq.; Mark W. Howard, Esq.; and Troy W. Skeens, Esq. Jones Howard Law, PLLC
Interactive Session – Attendees Will:
• Analyze Employer Exposure
• Provide Settlement Authority for Employer
• Conduct Actual Settlement Negotiations with Employer Attorney and Employee Attorney
3:15 p.m. | ALJ Opinions – Mock Case
Scott Borders, Esq., Attorney, Morgan, Collins & Yest, PLLC (Former Kentucky Administrative Law Judge);
Thomas G. Polites, Esq., Attorney, Wilson, Polites, McQueen, PLLC (Former Kentucky Administrative Law Judge)
• Former ALJ’s Borders and Polites Will Discuss Facts and Evidence of a Mock Case
• Will Render “Opinion and Award” in Mock Case
• Participate in Q & A Session with Attendees and JHL Attorneys
4:00 p.m. | 16th Annual Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Seminar Adjourns