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Disasters Caused by Acts of Negligence

Sponsored by the ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section & Exponent and Co-Sponsored by West LegalEdcenter

ABA Midyear Meeting
February 3, 2012
New Orleans Marriott Hotel
New Orleans, LA

Throughout our history, past and recent, we have been plagued by disasters caused by negligence. Ifyou were to Google this subject today, the search results would include "Katrina Flooding Caused by Army Corps of Engineers' Negligence", "Three Causes of BP's Oil Disaster", and among others "Readying for Trouble: Yearlong Initiative By TIPS Focuses On..." Please register today and join us for this educational, timely and extremely worthwhile program during the ABA Midyear Meeting.View the Flyer.

Welcome and Introductory Remarks: Randy Aliment, Williams Kastner, Chair, ABA/TIPS

BP and Beyond: Litigation and Claims Following Mass Disasters
2:00pm-3:30pm

Moderator

Allan Kanner, Kanner & Whiteley, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA

Speakers:

Theodore R. Henke, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, The OIL Group of Companies, Hamilton,Bermuda

Allan Kanner, Kanner & Whiteley, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA

Professor Francis McGovern, Duke University, Durham, NC

Honorable Lee Rosenthal, Judge, United States District Court, Houston, TX

This program will discuss the management of litigation which often is the result of Disasters caused by NegligentActs. The panel features panelists with a depth of experience in the tools and techniques of managing the masstorts and class action litigation filed as a result of man-made disasters. The panel will discuss the litigation andclaims arising out of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that occurred in 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico. The oil spillresulted from an explosion that killed eleven men and injured several more. The after-effects of the spill wereextensive and resulted in significant litigation as well as the creation of a compensation fund, the Gulf CoastClaims Facility, that is funded by BP and administered by Kenneth Feinberg. This panel will address the claimsadministration process and litigation arising from the spill, including a look at insurance coverage issues.

When the Levees Broke: Lessons Learned From Judicial and Governmental Response to Hurricane Katrina
3:30pm-5:00pm

Moderator

Jennifer Kilpatrick, Degan, Blanchard & Nash, New Orleans, LA

Speakers:

Honorable Madeleine Landrieu, Judge, Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana
Honorable Karen Wells Roby, Magistrate Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District ofLouisiana

Federal, state and local governments face unique challenges when faced with a disaster, as do members of the judiciary. This program will include speakers who have faced these issues in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and will discuss what they learned in the process.

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