PA Specific

Personal Injury & Negligence

4.56

Auto Injury Claims in Pennsylvania: What Insurance Companies Don't Want You to Know

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Credit Status Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
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5 hours 56 minutes
Aidan Carickhoff
John Biedrzycki
Elizabeth Bailey
Stephen Kopko
Henry Noye
Christine Hummel
With Aidan Carickhoff from Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky P.C. + 5 others
Recorded December 11, 2024
Product ID 99271

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Overview

Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Coverage and Claims, Bad Faith, and More

Get practical insights for negotiating auto injury claims with this essential guide to insurance, uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage, bad faith, liens, and subrogation issues. This course will give you the inside scoop on auto injury claim valuation and negotiations, provide you with the tools you need to understand the makeup of UM/UIM policies, and more. Get better results by enhancing your knowledge of the insurance aspects of auto injury cases - register today!

  • Receive behind-the-scenes insights into auto injury claim investigations and valuation.
  • Take a closer look at the ins and outs of negotiating with claims representatives.
  • Learn how to evaluate UM/UIM coverage, negotiate claims, and take matters to court when policy benefits are denied.
  • Examine how courts evaluate bad faith in auto injury and UM/UIM claims.
  • Get up to speed with big changes in Medicare Secondary Payer and Medicaid Act compliance.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Medicare and Medicaid Liens: What You Need to Know Now
  2. Accident Investigation and Claim Valuation Secrets Adjusters Don't Want You to Know
  3. Insurance Coverage Research and Negotiations With Claims Representatives
  4. Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Coverage
  5. UM/UIM Claims and Litigation
  6. Bad Faith
  7. Legal Ethics
Product ID 99271

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
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Agenda

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  1. Medicare and Medicaid Liens: What You Need to Know Now

    1. Medicare Secondary Payer Compliance Update
    2. Navigating the Latest Version of the Portal (MSPRP)
    3. Medicare Set-Asides: What's New?
    4. Medicaid Act and the Impacts of Gallardo v. Marstiller
    5. Medicaid Lien Enforcement Trends and Best Practices
  2. Accident Investigation and Claim Valuation Secrets Adjusters Don't Want You to Know

    1. Auto Accident Investigation Strategies
    2. An Inside Look at Reserves, Adjuster Authority, and More
    3. Colossus and Claim Valuation Insights
  3. Insurance Coverage Research and Negotiations With Claims Representatives

    1. Auto Insurance Policies: Interpretation, Issues, and Hidden Treasures
    2. Insurance Coverage in Ridesharing Accidents
    3. Demand Packages
    4. Negotiating With the Adjuster
  4. Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Coverage

    1. Was the Policy in Effect?
    2. Who is Insured? What Vehicles are Insured?
    3. Covered Events
    4. Exclusions
    5. Duties and Coverage Conditions
    6. Hit-and-Run Accidents
    7. Limits and Stacking
    8. Offsets
  5. UM/UIM Claims and Litigation

    1. Valuing the Claim - Does it Exceed Policy Limits?
    2. Notice of Claim
    3. Discovery
    4. Settlements and Releases
    5. Coverage Disputes and Litigation
  6. Bad Faith

    1. Definition of Bad Faith
    2. When Can a Bad Faith Claim be Brought?
    3. First Party Bad Faith vs. Third-Party Direct Actions
    4. Types of Bad Faith Claims in Auto Insurance Context
    5. Settlement Considerations
  7. Legal Ethics

    1. Conflicts of Interest
    2. Attorneys' Fees
    3. Managing Client Expectations
    4. Preserving Confidentiality and Privilege
    5. Communicating With Represented and Unrepresented Persons

Who Should Attend

This intermediate level online seminar is designed for attorneys. Insurance professionals and paralegals may also benefit.

Speakers

Aidan Carickhoff
Aidan
Carickhoff
Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky P.C.
John A Biedrzycki III
John A.
Biedrzycki, III
Biedrzycki Law Office
Elizabeth A Bailey
Elizabeth A.
Bailey
Grant & Eisenhofer
Stephen T Kopko
Stephen T.
Kopko
Anzalone & Doyle
Henry J Noye
Henry J.
Noye
Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP
Christine Hummel
Christine
Hummel
Hummel Consultation Services
Speaker bio
Aidan Carickhoff

Aidan Carickhoff

Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky P.C.
Aidan Carickhoff

is an attorney at Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky P.C. He is a trial lawyer who represents catastrophically injured individuals and their families. Mr. Carickhoff has helped recover well over a hundred million dollars for clients. He handles all matter of cases, including wrongful death, medical malpractice, birth injury, workplace accident, and burn and explosion cases. Mr. Carickhoff handles dozens of birth injury cases across Pennsylvania and the country. He and his team work with leading medical experts in obstetrics, maternal fetal medicine, neonatology, pediatric neurology, and pediatric neuroradiology to try these highly specialized cases. Mr. Carickhoff earned his B.A. degree, summa cum laude, from Temple University and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Drexel University Kline School of Law.

Speaker bio
John A Biedrzycki III

John A. Biedrzycki, III

Biedrzycki Law Office
John Biedrzycki

is the owner of Biedrzycki Law Office in Pittsburgh. He focuses his practice on personal injury, business and real estate, criminal law, and traffic offenses/CDL violations. Mr. Biedrzycki is a member of both the Allegheny County and Pennsylvania bar associations, and is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. He earned his B.A. degree from Villanova University and his J.D. degree from Duquesne Law School.

Speaker bio
Elizabeth A Bailey

Elizabeth A. Bailey

Grant & Eisenhofer
Elizabeth Bailey

is of counsel at Grant & Eisenhofer where she focuses on complex and mass tort litigation as well as catastrophic injury litigation. Prior to joining G&E, Ms. Bailey was a partner in the Philadelphia office of a national catastrophic personal injury law firm. Many of her clients sustained life-altering physical and/or emotional injuries from corporate negligence, defective consumer and industrial products, and workplace injuries. She has also represented student sexual assault survivors and student-survivor organizations in cases of alleged sexual discrimination, harassment, and violence on campuses. While in college, Ms. Bailey worked summers as a member of the local United Automobile Workers Union (UAW), on the third shift in an auto parts plant. This experience provides her a unique perspective, one few lawyers have, when representing workers injured in the workplace. Ms. Bailey has been recognized on the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Stars list every year since 2017. She was also named one of the top ten female personal injury attorneys in Pennsylvania by the American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys. Ms. Bailey earned her L.LM. degree in trial advocacy and her J.D. degree from Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law, and her B.S. degree from Penn State University. She is a member of the American Association for Justice (vice chair, Product Liability Section), Pennsylvania Association for Justice, and Philadelphia Trial Lawyers.

Speaker bio
Stephen T Kopko

Stephen T. Kopko

Anzalone & Doyle
Stephen Kopko

, Esq. is an attorney of the Anzalone Law Offices, LLC in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania where he focuses on plaintiff's personal injury, including injuries resulting from motor-vehicle accidents, slip/trip and fall events, medical malpractice, and nursing home negligence. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, Pennsylvania Association of Justice, the Northeastern Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, Lackawanna County Bar Association, and Wilkes-Barre Law and Library Association. Mr. Kopko is 2008 magna cum laude graduate of King's College with a degree in political science, where he received the John F. Kennedy award for having the highest GPA in political science. He then received his J.D. degree from the Syracuse University College of Law. After graduating from law school, Mr. Kopko worked as a volunteer public defender in Lackawanna County and then at a local law firm. Prior to working at Anzalone Law, he worked for a local law firm that specialized in representing insurance companies in personal injury matters. Mr. Kopko has represented insurance companies at each stage of litigation, including at trial and at the Pennsylvania Superior Court. In 2023, he decided to change his career path and use his skills and knowledge to benefit victims in personal injury matters. Mr. Kopko's prior experience provides him with unique insight into how the insurance industry operates, which he uses to help his clients. In 2019, he was named to the Top 20 under 40 by the Northeast Business Journal. This honor recognized Mr. Kopko as one of the top professionals in all of Northeastern Pennsylvania. He was one or only two attorneys honored that year. In addition to being a litigator, Mr. Kopko has also published articles analyzing civil litigation issues. These articles have appeared in the Pennsylvania Law Weekly and the Pennsylvania Lawyer magazine. He resides in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania with wife, Julia, and two daughters, Imogene and Ruby. Mr. Kopko is active in his community serving as a co-chairperson of the Our Lady of the Snows Country Bazaar. He is also a lector for Our Lady of the Snows. Mr. Kopko also volunteers his time as a pro-bono solicitor for the Abington Area Joint Recreation Board.

Speaker bio
Henry J Noye

Henry J. Noye

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP
Henry Noye

is a partner in Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP's Litigation Department and a member of the Catastrophic Loss Group. He has extensive background defending corporate entities in Pennsylvania state and federal courts in automotive product liability matters and automobile accident litigation involving catastrophic loss and liability. Mr. Noye has also defended clients in matters involving professional liability. He represents commercial and industrial entities including product manufacturers, private services providers, financial service providers, healthcare delivery systems, individuals and private clients, as well as real estate owners, managers, developers, and investors. Mr. Noye believes that relationships enhance representation; and as such, he seeks to establish meaningful connections with his corporate clients, based on the attributes that he values the most: diligence, virtue, equity, vigor, competence, competitiveness, candor, honesty and determination. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his wife and children, working out, and traveling. Beyond that, Mr. Noye's faith is important to him and he is involved in efforts related to Autism Awareness. He also mentors several young professionals on a wide range of issues related to professional and personal development.

Speaker bio
Christine Hummel

Christine Hummel

Hummel Consultation Services
Christine Hummel

is the president and founder of Hummel Consultation Services, a national legal consultation practice specializing in the application of the Medicare Secondary Payer Act to workers' compensation, liability and no-fault cases. She is an active attorney with licensure in the state of Colorado. With more than 19 years of experience in Medicare compliance, Ms. Hummel is a published author and popular speaker on a wide array of topics related to Medicare compliance. She is a member of the American Bar Association (Health Law Section) and the Colorado Bar Association. Ms. Hummel's legal experience work includes Medicaid, probate and elder law. She donates a significant amount of time volunteering with the Federal Park Service, giving presentations on the roles of women during the American War of Independence. Ms. Hummel earned her B.S. degree from the University of Southern California and her J.D. degree from the University of Denver College of Law.

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