An Overview of N.C. Premises Liability Law: From "Slip/Trip and Falls." to Dog Bites, and Everything in Between (LIVE)

An Overview of N.C. Premises Liability Law: From "Slip/Trip and Falls," to Dog Bites, and Everything in Between

Premises liability law is a broad topic, covering all sorts of ways individuals may be injured on someone else's property.  And while these cases can be difficult, knowledge of the specific legal issues involved, and the applicable insurance coverage framework, can allow attorneys to obtain great results for their clients.  NCAJ has taken a renewed focus on these cases with the renaming of the auto torts section to include "Auto Torts and Premises Liability."

            The purpose of this CLE is to provide an overview of the law and strategies at issue in N.C. premises liability cases more generally, as well as several specific areas (including slip/trip and falls, dog bite cases, inadequate security claims, dram shop, landlord/lessee liability, and others).  Attendees will leave with practical skills that will allow them to identify applicable insurance coverage and complete thorough factual investigations.  The CLE also includes one hour of ethics credit. 

            Join us to hear about best practices and other tips from several skilled attorneys and improve your premises liability practice! 

Registration includes seminar materials (in electronic format) and 6.0 CLE hours (inc. 1.0 ethics hr).

 

TOPICS & SPEAKERS

8:00 am     Registration

8:55 am     Welcoming Remarks - Program Chair 

Jeremy Wilson, Ward & Smith, P.A., Wilmington

9:05 am     NCAJ's Task Force on Comparative Fault (Update/Overview of Potential Premises  Liability Cases to Challenge Contributory Negligence)

Valerie Johnson, Copeley Johnson Groninger, PLLC, Durham

9:20 am     Overview of N.C. Premises Liability Law: Duty Imposition and Overcoming                               Summary Judgment

• Premises liability law overview
• Duty imposition in a variety of contexts, and how to best ensure overcoming summary judgment
• Admissible evidence for the degree of care to be applied to meet the duty imposed

Jay Kerr, Jay Kerr, P.A., Asheville

10:10 am     Slip/Trip and Fall Cases

Joseph Tunstall, O'Malley Tunstall, PLLC, Tarboro

Joseph Sise, O'Malley Tunstalll, PLLC, Tarboro

11:00 am     Break

11:15 am     Dog Bite Cases

Charles Alexander Woodyard, Law Offices of William K. Goldfarb, Monroe 

12:00 pm     Lunch sponsored by Milner Settlements

1:00 pm      Inadequate Security Claims: Employer Liability for Employee's Conduct

• When are employers responsible for intentional conduct, etc

Jeremy Wilson, Ward & Smith, PA, Wilmington

Hayley Wells, Ward & Smith, PA, Asheville

1:45 pm      Dram Shop Cases

Matthew Sullivan, White & Allen, PA, Kinston

2:30 pm      Break

2:45 pm      Insurance Coverage That May Apply in Your Premises Liability Case, and How to Find It

• Methods of finding coverage (how to get the name of the homeowners insurance), lessor/lessee liability issues, how to draft pleading so as to not lose coverage, etc

Ann Ochsner, Whitley Law Firm, Raleigh

3:25 pm     Investigating Other Matters, Including Safety Laws

• Will provide a list of applicable rules; building codes, animals on leashes, stairwell regulations, sidewalks, etc

Jeremy Wilson

3:30 pm     Ethical Considerations in Premises Liability Cases

• Considerations when completing factual investigations (including contacting employee/former employees of an opposing party)
• How to work with a client who has diminished capacity
• How to make sure you identified the right corporate defendant before the SOL runs
• How to get out of the representation gracefully when necessary
• Ethical advice to your client about their social media usage
• Duty to prospective client to do a timely investigation   

Lauren Newton, Charles G. Monnett, III & Associates, Charlotte

SEMINAR MATERIALS

All of our seminar materials are PAPERLESS! Please be on the lookout for an email 72 hours prior to the seminar that includes an electronic link to the seminar materials to download and print. 

 

This seminar will also be WEBCAST LIVE!

If you can't attend in person, join us online. Watch the seminar from the comfort of your home or office with no travel time, no traffic hassles. To register for the live webcast go to http://ncaj.fastcle.com/ or call 866.702.3278. Please note that if you register for the Live Webcast, you will NOT be registered to attend the seminar in person.

This program has been approved for credit in the following jurisdiction(s):

North Carolina State Bar, Board of Continuing Legal Education

Credit has been approved with the North Carolina State Bar, Board of Continuing Legal Education for 1.00 Ethics credit and 5.00 General credits.

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Cancellations received one week prior to the seminar date are refunded less a $35 service charge. Refunds cannot be given after this date. Substitutions are welcomed and may be made until the date of the seminar. For registrants who wish to transfer their registration to another NCAJ seminar, transfer requests received by 12:00 noon the third working day prior to the seminar are subject to a $50 transfer fee. Transfer requests received after this time are subject to a $110 transfer fee. Registrations may be transferred once and only to seminars scheduled through June 30, 2020.