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Automotive Accident Reconstruction
Description: The course covers the essentials of automotive accident reconstruction with emphasis on elements relevant to attorneys: criteria for expert use; process of accident reconstruction (compiling evidence, scene/vehicle inspections, injury evaluation, and evaluation of mechanical failure or defect); vehicle standards and technology (EDR/CDR); analysis and calculations. Supporting examples given. Also includes the use of automotive experts in depositions, assisting in discovery and evaluating theories of liability or defense.
MCLE Credits: This presentation has been approved for MCLE credit by the State Bar of California.
CPCU Credits: CPCUs attending this program will be awarded 1 point under the Continuing Professional Development Program for CPCUs. Certificate of Attendance issued.
Duration: One hour plus Q&A
Location: On site, client premises
AV: Projector, speakers and internet access
Steering a Tire Investigation: A Perspective for Claims and Legal Professionals
Description: Black tire residue on the roadway marks a trail to a crushed car with three scarred but intact tires and one torn to shreds. Tire failure looks like a safe guess, but here's the real question: when did that tire fail - just then, or weeks earlie after a pothole dive? Uncovering such answers takes the combined efforts of claim staff and tire experts. Learn how to initiate and facilitate a tire investigation from automotive engineers with tire expertise, follow along as a tire expert analyzes the clues that reveal the often-surprising sequence of events leading toi tire failure. Illustrative case studies and examples included in the presentation derive from actual automotive accidents.
MCLE Credits: This presentation has been approved for MCLE credit by the State Bar of California.
CPCU Credits: CPCUs attending this program will be awarded 1 point under the Continuing Professional Development Program for CPCUs. Certificate of Attendance issued.
Duration: One hour plus Q&A
Location: On site, client premises
AV: Projector, speakers and internet access
Data With Destiny: Using Black Box Technology to Resolve Auto Claims
Description: An automotive event data recorder (EDR) is nothing more than a metal-clad box of circuitry wired into a vehicle system like the airbags. There is little about its physical appearance that speaks of controversy, but there is much about its function that does because of EDR's usefulness to interested parties like regulators, law enforcement, insurance companies, and lawyers that exceeds its original implementation as a diagnostic tool. Attendees will learn answers to: What is EDR? Where do you find EDR in a vehicle? Are there other EDR platforms? What is crash data retrieval (CDR), and how does it work? In addition, discussion will include regulatory trends that circumscribe EDR usage and the effects of EDR/CDR usage on the resolution of insurance claims and legal actions.
MCLE Credits: This presentation has been approved for MCLE credit by the State Bar of California.
CPCU Credits: CPCUs attending this program will be awarded 1 point under the Continuing Professional Development Program for CPCUs. Certificate of Attendance issued.
Duration: One hour plus Q&A
Location: On site, client premises
AV: Projector, speakers and internet access
