10:30 - 11:30 AM - Breakout Session 2
Choose from one of the following sessions: 

• Negligence and the Blurring of the Foreseeability Standard
• What's Behind The Financial Curtain
• The Effect of Generational Differences in Workers' Compensation and Fraud

Session Descriptions

Negligence and the Blurring of the Foreseeability Standard

Litigators and claims professionals have observed a troubling trend that has expanded the standard of care applicable in negligence actions across various lines of business. Panelists will discuss how defendants are no longer held to a reasonable standard of care, but one that seems to contemplate any possible foreseeability irrespective of likelihood. Learn how this has broadened the scope of duty applicable in negligence actions and resulted in troubling case law and verdicts.

What's Behind The Financial Curtain

This panel will pull back the curtain on the financial motivations favoring early settlement, even of seemingly winnable cases. We will discuss the critical difference between a self-insured deductible retention and a self-insured retention and the significantly different financial impacts on the insured companies' bottom line. We will also discuss how reserving, the calculation of collateral, and letters of credit can create financial pressure on corporations to settle and close claims.

The Effect of Generational Differences in Workers' Compensation and Fraud

Explore what statistics reveal about the perceptions of new generations entering the workforce regarding what constitutes workers' compensation fraud.