Workers' Compensation Fall Update 2015
October 2015
Workers' Compensation Fall Update 2015
Co-sponsored by the Workers' Compensation Section of the Colorado Bar Association
Program Highlights:
- Update from the Division
- Update from the Office of Administrative Courts
- Appellate Issues: Designation of Issues; Preserving the Record; Pleadings; What is an Affirmative Defense? Burdens of Proof; New Deadlines; How to Make a Record; Offer of Proof; Applying for a Hearing
- Case Law Update: ICAO, Court of Appeals and Colorado Supreme Court Decisions
- Psychiatric Evaluations and How Psychiatric Factors Interplay with Physical Problems
- Ethics: Duties and Obligations to the Court, Parties and Others
- A Survey of Penalty Cases to Show What Recent Penalties are Being Imposed for What Behaviors in Order to Avoid Them
Program Description:
If you practice workers' compensation law in Colorado, the CBA/CLE Workers' Compensation Fall Update is where you can obtain the latest information from the Division and the Office of Administrative Courts. Get a thorough understanding of appellate issues, including preserving your record, applying for a hearing, learning about the new deadlines, and more. Hear an in-depth analysis of the newest cases from none other than Judge Craig Eley. Learn about psychiatric evaluations and how psychiatric factors interplay with physical problems, as well as what underlying psychological/psychiatric conditions impede recovery from physical injuries.
Back by popular demand! Chip Mortimer returns to talk about the ethics in the workers' compensation context. Finally, you'll hear a survey of penalty cases to show what recent penalties are being imposed for what behaviors in order to avoid them from both the claimant's and respondent's perspectives.
Agenda:
8:30am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00am
Welcome and Introduction
Clifford E. Eley, Esq., Moderator
9:10am
Update from the Colorado Division of Workers' Compensation
Presented by Paul Tauriello, Director
9:30am
Update from the Office of Administrative Courts
Presented by Matthew Azer, Esq., Director
9:50am
Networking Break
10:00am
Appellate Issues: Designation of Issues; Preserving the Record; Pleadings; What is an Affirmative Defense? Burdens of Proof; New Deadlines; How to Make a Record; Offer of Proof; Applying for a Hearing
Presented by T. Paul Krueger, Esq., and Dean Neuwirth, Esq.
11:00am
Case Law Update: ICAO, Court of Appeals and Colorado Supreme Court Decisions
Presented by the Honorable Craig Eley
12:00pm
Lunch is Served
1:30pm
Psychiatric Evaluations and How Psychiatric Factors Interplay with Physical Problems
- What underlying psychological/psychiatric conditions impede recovery from physical injuries?
- What constitutes a psychological/psychiatric evaluation? How are barriers to pain relief identified? How are they treated?
- What are the psychological/psychiatric barriers resulting in delayed pain recovery? How does one treat delayed recovery?
- What is conscious malingering? How does one identify that from a psychological/psychiatric perspective? What other factors could be confused for conscious malingering?
Presented by Ronald G. Carbaugh, PsyD
2:30pm
Ethics: Duties and Obligations to the Court, Parties and Others
Presented by Charles "Chip" Mortimer, Esq.
3:20pm
Networking Break
3:30pm
A Survey of Penalty Cases to Show What Recent Penalties are Being Imposed for What Behaviors in Order to Avoid Them
Presented by John Connell, Esq., and Jonathan S. Robbins, Esq.
4:20pm
Adjourn
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $329.00 |
| CBA Member | $289.00 |
| CBA Workers' Compensation Law Section Member | $269.00 |
| Paralegal/Legal Support Staff | $229.00 |
| New Lawyer - CBA Workers' Compensation Section Mbr - (in practice < 5 yrs) | $229.00 |
| New Lawyer Edge Member | $144.50 |
| CLEACCESSPASS - ELITE Pass Holder | $99.00 |
- General Credits: 6.00
- Ethics Credits: 1.00
- EDI Credits:
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Sponsor Information
- Psychiatric Evaluations and How Psychiatric Factors Interplay with Physical Problems
- Ethics: Duties and Obligations of Claimant's and Respondent's Counsel to the Court and Opposing Counsel When a Client's Conduct is Called into Question - Back by Popular Demand!
- A Survey of Penalty Cases to Show What Recent Penalties are Being Imposed for What Behaviors in Order to Avoid Them