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During this “Lunch and Learn” webinar, attendees will hear from experienced lawyers and a senior claims specialist regarding the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s implementation of the ELD Mandate, the best policies and practices for ensuring that clients collect and preserve relevant and discoverable electronically stored information (“ESI”) in light of the new advancements in technology, and what ESI plaintiffs will be looking to obtain during discovery and how this information can be used to inflate the value of their claims. Attendees will take away practical tips that can be immediately implemented by their motor carrier clients and will be more knowledgeable regarding a plaintiff’s use of ESI and available technology to his/her advantage.
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Debbie Milsap is a Senior Claim Litigation Specialist with Claims Services Inc. which is a wholly owned subsidiary of McLane Company and their Third-Party Liability Claims Administrator. Responsibilities include handling DOT type of accident with attorney and injuries as well as claim litigation in the western region of the country. McLane Company, Inc. is one of the largest supply chain services leaders, providing grocery and foodservice supply chain solutions for convenience stores, mass merchants, drug stores and chain restaurants throughout the United States. McLane, through McLane Grocery and McLane Foodservice, operates over 80 distribution centers across the U.S. and delivers more than 50,000 different consumer products to nearly 110,000 locations across the U.S. McLane is a wholly owned unit of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and employs more than 20,000 teammates
Gene F. Zipperle, Jr. is a partner of the Louisville, Kentucky, office of the law firm of Ward, Hocker Thornton, PLLC., with offices in Lexington and Louisville, Kentucky. He is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts in Kentucky and Indiana, and federal courts in Ohio, North Carolina and Florida. Gene concentrates his practice in the areas of surety and fidelity law including bid, payment and performance bond claims and litigation, as well as protecting and prosecuting of the surety's indemnity rights. Gene also represents sureties and insurers in other business and commercial contexts, including coverage issues, estate and probate, and miscellaneous bond matters, particularly transportation related bonds. Gene is an active member of the Defense Research Institute's Fidelity and Surety Law Committee, National Bond Claims Association and the ABA TIPS Fidelity and Surety Law Committee. He has presented at The Pearlman, National Bond Claims Association annual meeting, the Eastern Bond Claims Review annual meeting, and the National Association of Independent Sureties. Gene has also written numerous articles for several industry publications.
Tyler Prattconcentrates his practice in the area of civil litigation, with an emphasis on medical malpractice, professional liability, and professional regulation/licensure. He regularly defends physicians, nurses, hospitals, and clinics in professional liability claims involving significant injury or death. Tyler also represents clients in trucking, business and commercial, and estate litigation as well as estate planning matters, including powers of attorney, probate administration, wills, and trusts.
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