Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Heart Device Litigation Update: Recent Rulings and What They Mean for Your Clients

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Agenda | Faculty

This program is open to AAJ Regular, Sustaining, Life, and President's Club members only.

An Interactive AAJ Teleseminar on Tuesday, December 12, 2006.
2 pm - 3:30 pm ET | 1 pm - 2:30 pm CT | 12 noon - 1:30 pm MT | 11 am - 12:30 pm PT

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On November 28, 2006, Judge James Rosenbaum rejected Medtronic’s claim of federal preemption in the Multi District Litigation. On that same day, five Guidant bellwether cases were set for trial. These recent rulings will have a significant impact on your heart device litigation cases.

AAJ Education’s rapid response teleseminar on December 12th will educate you on what this means for your clients and how to protect their rights.

Agenda with Invited Faculty

Moderator Introductions
Tobi L. Millrood, PA

Federal Preemption Denied: How the Recent Ruling Against Federal Preemption in the Medtronic MDL Affects Your Client's Case
Hunter Shkolnik, NY

Litigation Status of Guidant Cases: Cases Set for Trial
Teresa C. Toriseva, WV

Upcoming Dates That Will Affect the Statute of Limitations: When, Where and How to Get Your Heart Device Cases Filed
Yvonne M. Flaherty, MN

Panel Questions and Answers

Adjourn

Faculty

Yvonne M. Flaherty concentrates her practice in the areas of antitrust, commercial litigation and products liability litigation groups. She is a member of the American Association for Justice and the Minnesota State, Hennepin County and Federal Bar associations. Ms. Flaherty is also extremely active in complex litigation involving pharmaceutical products. She also serves on various committees in MDL 1431, In re Baycol Litigation, and is chair of the MDL Learned Intermediary Committee. Ms. Flaherty currently serves on the American Association for Justice Board of Governors and as Second Vice Chair of the Women's Caucus. Ms. Flaherty is an attorney at Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P. in Minneapolis, MN.

Tobi L. Millrood has been active in numerous Mass Torts, including Fen Phen, Baycol, Meridia, Thimerosal, Ephedra and Hormone Therapy. Currently, Mr. Millrood serves as Liaison Counsel in the consolidated Hormone Therapy Mass Tort Litigation in Philadelphia County. Mr. Millrood is a prior member of both the Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, and the Cabinet of the Philadelphia Bar Association Young Lawyers' Division Executive Committee. Mr. Millrood is the current Chair of the Hormone Therapy Litigation Group and manages the Mass Tort department of Schiffrin & Barroway, LLP in Radnor, Pennsylvania.

Hunter J. Shkolnik is a Cochair of AAJ's Heart Devices Litigation Group. Mr. Shkolnik specializes in the trial of significant personal injury cases primarily in the area of medical malpractice and product liability. He is a member of the Plaintiff's Steering Committee and a lead counsel in the N.Y. Diet Drug/Phen-Fen litigation; a member of the Plaintiff's Steering Committee and a lead counsel in the N.Y. Sulzer Inter-Op Hip and Knee Implant litigation; he is both an Assistant Treasurer and on the Board of Directors of the New York State Trial Lawyers (NYSTLA); Immediate Past-President of the Long Island Affiliate of the NYSTLA; past member the Medical Malpractice Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York; past Vice Chairman of the Medical Legal Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association; and is past Vice- Chairman of the AAJ Health Care Finance Litigation Group; Vice-Chairman and Science Committee Director of the AAJ Orthopedic Implant Litigation Group; Chairman of the AAJ Breast Cancer Litigation Group. He has lectured extensively in the areas of medical malpractice, medical device, auto product and drug product liability. Mr. Shkolnik is a partner at Rheingold Valet Rheingold Shkolnik & McCartney LLP in New York, NY.

Teresa Clark Toriseva is a cochair of AAJ's Heart Devices Litigation Group and also AAJ's Bausch & Lomb Contact Lens Solution Litigation Group. She has extensive mass tort experience, including asbestos, tobacco, breast implant, Baycol, Propulsid, Vioxx, Bextra, and most recently heart devices. She is a frequent lecturer regarding pharmaceutical litigation. Ms. Toriseva is the Vice-President of the West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, and is a sustaining member of AAJ. She often serves as a special assistant attorney general, assisting the State of West Virginia in pursuing claims against pharmaceutical and other companies for consumer protection violations against state residents. Ms. Toriseva is a partner at the law firm of Wexler Toriseva Wallace LLP in Wheeling, West Virginia.

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