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Live Webinar: Managing Your Case: Maximizing Recovery; Mitigating Damages

August 24, 2023


This course focuses on the fundamentals of litigating a South Carolina Workers' Compensation Claim from intake through resolution.  It is taught from both a defense perspective in taking approaches in manage to the case to limit exposure and damages, as well as an advocate for claimants to maximize recovery and awards in the case.  While this course does cover most of the primary aspects of handling a workers' compensation in South Carolina as an attorney advocate for employers or injured workers, it will not over much related to the discovery process in litigation of a workers' compensation claim. 

Click here to register for the live in person seminar. 

This seminar is a basic to intermediate level program.

This program qualifies for 3.0 MCLE credit hours.

SC Supreme Commission on CLE Course #: 930061ADO.

 


The South Carolina Bar is an accredited CLE provider in South Carolina only. Attorneys are responsible for seeking their own credit in other jurisdictions.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in CLE programs and publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the South Carolina Bar, its sections, or committees. The South Carolina Bar believes that all Bar members have the right to both meaningful learning and to the exchange of ideas in a civil environment. The Bar reserves the right to remove or exclude any person from a Bar event if that person is causing inappropriate disturbance, behaving in a manner inconsistent with accepted standards of decorum, or in any way preventing fellow Bar members from meaningful participation and learning.

Registration Fees

CLE Big Ticket
$0.00
Reg Fee Member
$140.00
Registration Fee Non Member
$140.00
SC Certified Paralegal
$70.00
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Agenda

Speakers

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Policy

Continuing Education

Agenda

8:30 a.m.  Registration

8:55 a.m.  Welcome and Opening Remarks                          

9 a.m.       Intake of a new file and SCWCC Standard Forms

·         Intake From the Claimant's Perspective

·         Intake from the Defense Perspective

·         Most Commonly Used Forms and Pleadings (F15, F20, F21, F27, F50, F51 & F58)

9:50 a.m.  Break

 

10 a.m.     Average Weekly Wage and Comp

·         Concurrent Employment

·         "Extraordinary Circumstances" to deviate

·         Stacking Wages and Classes of Prescribed AWW/CR's

·         Other classes of employees

10:50 a.m.  Break

11 a.m.       Body Parts and Medical Care

·         Which Body parts are alleged/directly injured Which Body Parts/Systems are Affect?

·         Which Body parts are admitted/and being provided medical care?

·         Who is paying for medical care, emergency care on date of accident or after?

·         Mileages, Prescriptions, EMS rides and other things it is better to address on the front end of the claim.

 

11:50 a.m.  Mock Pre-hearing conference in front of Comm. Leventis – Audience Participation Questions from the audience and follow up practitioners’ points from the mock pre-hearing conference. 

12:10 p.m.  Adjourn

 

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